I can confirm similar behaviour with Intrepid Xubuntu and kernel 2.6.27-11.
Initially, have the 1 user created at install time (member of admin, adm, etc). As this user launch the System>Users and Groups menu item. Select Unlock and authenticate. Add a new 'Desktop User'. On committing, the applet stalls for several seconds during which entries can be seen to be removed from /etc/group (eg, repeatedly run 'wc -l /etc/group' in a terminal). No user has been created. The group and passwd files have been ruined, as described in earlier reports. If a user is created by other means no corresponding entry appears in the U&G list. Victims of this bug should be aware of the update-passwd, pwconv and grpconv commands which will greatly help to repair the system. -- Users-admin fails with AMD-K6 processor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240437 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
