Would you consider the following patch? It makes autopkgtest work for me:

diff --git a/setup-commands/create-normal-user 
b/setup-commands/create-normal-user
index 0d0e828..9d66694 100755
--- a/setup-commands/create-normal-user
+++ b/setup-commands/create-normal-user
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ create () {
         adduser \
             --disabled-login \
             --gecos 'Temporary autopkgtest user,,,' \
-            "$user" 2>&1
+            "$user" 2>&1 | grep -v 'send message failed: Operation not 
permitted'
     elif command -v useradd >/dev/null; then
         useradd \
             --comment 'Temporary autopkgtest user' \

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