2009/9/20 Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimi...@club.fr> > This bug does not seem to be GNOME specific since the problem happens in > usermod. Maybe KDE does not use usermod. >
Tested usermod in KDE setup in konsole, it worked. This computer is running Karmic upgraded from Jaunty > Have you tried running the usermod commandline from a fresh boot, i.e. > before you tried to edit the user with users-admin? Maybe that's the > program that is locking /etc/passwd (via the backends). > Yes, newest attempt was moments ago with up-to-dated and restarted GNOME. usermod fails, with previous errors. this computer is running cleanly installed Karmic. > As lslk did not return anything, could you try 'fuser /etc/passwd' too? No output from this, nothing is using the file. Small detail noticed, in KDE the /etc/passwd does not include ",,," after the real name. like wise: devil:x:1000:1000:Tuomas Aavikko:/home/devil:/bin/bash but in GNOME: tta:x:1000:1000:tta,,,:/home/tta:/bin/bash ps. sorry for late response, stupid work :) -- usermod fails: "cannot lock /etc/passwd" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432964 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
