Thanks for testing and catching that regression! I've found and fixed the issue in an oracular upload. Once it clears -proposed I'll amend the noble-proposed version.
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Noble) Status: Fix Committed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063200 Title: useradd --extrausers --groups tries to lock /etc/group To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/2063200/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs