2009/10/10 David Henningsson <launchpad....@epost.diwic.se> > I have also encountered this bug and tried to nail it down. It seems > like the following files have been left: > > /etc/passwd.lock > /etc/passwd+ > /etc/shadow.lock > > I renamed these files and now I can successfully create users again. >
Confirmed. By removing these .lock files I can change my name, with usermod or users-admin. this also fixes my ability to start guest-session. -- usermod fails: "cannot lock /etc/passwd" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432964 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
