Public bug reported: Hi
I found a bug in the program useradd - which prevents it from working This bug appeared in Ubuntu Jauntym - after an upgrade. When installed in place jaunty'ego - Karmic Ubuntu version - appeared after a software update - about two weeks after the stable release Karmic Koala. This error causes difficulties in adding user system, preventing the proper installation of many programs, such as the dhcp-server havp - Http-antivirus-proxy, and other. Exaple: r...@localhost:~# useradd -d /var/run -g dhcpd -s /bin/false -u 139 dhcpd useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. r...@localhost:~# Details of error in the file attachment useradd.log ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Nov 24 15:38:37 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: passwd 1:4.1.4.1-1ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic SourcePackage: shadow Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686 XsessionErrors: (gnome-settings-daemon:17742): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed (gnome-settings-daemon:17742): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:17783): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (nautilus:17774): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed (nautilus:17898): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed ** Affects: shadow (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- useradd error passwd shadow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487623 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