Just a note for any future bug reporter:
It is now clear that it happens that the passwd or shadow (or group, or
gshadow) files can be locked.
The "me also messages" are not very useful (and will not make the resolution of
this bug, if it is really a bug, any faster).
Please provide instead any information that could indicate why the files were
locked:
* the list of locked files:
ls /etc/passwd.lock /etc/shadow.lock /etc/group.lock /etc/gshadow.lock
* check the /var/log/auth.log for any message that could indicate the
failure of any other tool (prior to the failure which reported the
locked file)
* any anormal operation on the machine (reset, shutdown while the
computer is still running)
* etc.
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useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523896
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