The importants of this bug has been set to high and the number of duplicates is staty growing.....
A workaround for those who are affected: $ sudo vim /etc/shadow change the line: root:!:13919:0:99999:7::1: to root:!:13919:0:99999:7::: You have to redo this everytime you use 'passwd -l $USER' as long this bug is not fixed. -- 'Account has expired' message when adding a new user, after "passwd -l root" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238755 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
