shadow uses lckpwdf / ulckpwdf to cooperatively lock the files. These APIs do not provide any information on why a lock could not be received.
Since the locking issue can be caused by other issues than lack of priviledges, I don't think the proposed change would be valid. -- userdel command show "unable to lock file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401627 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