Quick repro steps: ❯ lxc launch ubuntu-daily:noble shadow Creating shadow Starting shadow ❯ lxc exec shadow bash root@shadow:~# mv /etc /etc_write root@shadow:~# mkdir /etc root@shadow:~# mount -o bind,ro /etc_write /etc root@shadow:~# useradd --extrausers --groups somegroup somenewuser useradd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063200 Title: useradd --extrausers --groups tries to lock /etc/group Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On Ubuntu Core 24 calling the command line useradd --extrausers --groups somegroup somenewuser ... fails with: useradd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later. It worked on 22.04. /etc is not writable. It also fails if somegroup is a group in extrausers. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/2063200/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
