*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 432964 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432964
I had the same error while trying to install openssh. The error was related to
/etc/group.lock when deleted, everything went OK with the installation. I
remember having a crash couple of days ago which might
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 432964 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432964
Well, just have a look at bug 432964, but in short: remove the file
/etc/passwd.lock, /etc/shadow.lock or /etc/gshadow.lock.
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 432964
System crash in guest sess
I have a similar problem.I'm trying to create an account for the user
sofoklis and i get the message below.I tried erasing the files described
in post #8 but i always get the same message.The problem existed under
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic and also in 10.04 Lucid.
uname -a
Linux alexandros-desktop 2.6.3
OK, I see the problem. That's very similar to bug 432964. Check that
there's a file called /etc/gshadow.lock, and possibly /etc/shadow.lock,
/etc/passwd.lock too; if that's the case, remove them (no risk), and
retry. The problem might come from a crash while using the guest
session: do you remember
No, I didn't change anything... The directory /home/invitado doesn't
exist.
jonat...@masicora:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/adduser --gecos --disabled-password --home
/home/invitado --gid 0 --shell /bin/bash --uid 1001 invitado
Adding user `invitado' ...
Adding new user `invitado' (1001) with group `root' ..
Thanks! So far the only strange thing from the logs is the GID set to 0.
I guess you did not change manually the user's main group, did you?
Does the directory /home/invitado exist? What does running the command
sudo /usr/sbin/adduser --gecos --disabled-password --home /home/invitado --gid
0 --s
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