This has turned up on the radar again because whoopsie tries to call adduser on upgrade to 12.04, and many users are finding their /etc/passwd locked. We should update shadow to clear lock on boot.
** Also affects: shadow (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: shadow (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Medium Assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) Status: Confirmed ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Medium => High ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Precise) Milestone: None => ubuntu-12.04.1 ** Tags added: rls-p-tracking -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523896 Title: useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/523896/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs