This bug was fixed in the package shadow - 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-3ubuntu7 --------------- shadow (1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-3ubuntu7) quantal; urgency=low
* debian/passwd.upstart: Add an upstrat job to clear locks on [shadow-]passwd/group. (LP: #523896). -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.led...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:00:33 +0100 ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- 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