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 2.6.32-16-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 9 16:33:12 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux sudo adduser sofoklis Adding user `sofoklis' ... Adding new group `sofoklis' (1001) ... Adding new user `sofoklis' (1001) with group `sofoklis' ... useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/sofoklis -g sofoklis -s /bin/bash -u 1001 sofoklis' returned error code 1. Exiting. -- [users-admin] Can't create new user accounts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459474 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
