I guess users-admin says the user *home directory* already exists, not the user itself. That's because users-admin does not remove the home folder for now, while it should. useradd is working because it does not create it, bu I guess that adduser will fail trying to create it.
** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - I can't add a new user with the same name of one that has been deleted usind users-admin + users-admin should also remove home directory when deleting users -- users-admin should also remove home directory when deleting users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393383 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