This bug is still present in 10.04.2. My cronjobs as root were failing with "Authentication failure" messages in /var/log/syslog. I had use the same edit of /etc/shadow mentioned earlier in this post to fix the problem.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238755 Title: 'Account has expired' message when adding a new user, after "passwd -l root" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
