Public bug reported: There is definitely a bug involved with the graphical "Users and Groups" applet. Following steps reproduce the bug in the most current Feisty Fawn with all updates.
1. Open "Users and Groups" 2. Create user "test" with Administrator role 3. Delete user "test" from the same applet 4. Delete home directory using "sudo rm -Rf /home/test" 5. Open "Users and Groups" 6. Create user "test" - user shows up in the list in the applet - home directory not created - user added to /etc/group but NOT to /etc/passwd 7. Log out and the user vanishes and no longer will appear in the "Users and Groups" applet 8. commandline "adduser test" works correctly however. This bug is confirmed by me on both i386 and PPC versions of Feisty with all the latest updates as of March 28th, 2007. This leads me to believe that the graphical user management tool is storing either the old user name or the "administrator role" somewhere and this conflicts with the attempt to re-add the user after deletion. At least it's fair to speculate that's what it might be. Referenced Forum Thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2367114#post2367114 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Mar 28 11:33:54 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Uname: Linux ubuntubeta 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- cannot add user account https://launchpad.net/bugs/97527 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
