Thanks for following up. I'm closing this report due to your last comment
regarding you've fixed it with the suggested workaround.
Don't hesitate to submit any new bug.
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Invalid
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package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to
Thank you for the quick response and help;
I found /etc/shadow.lock and /etc/passwd.lock and deleted them; after that
i could install mysql server using synaptics without poblems;
I did not use guest session(i never use it, and only i use this computer).
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package mysql-server-5.1 (not
Hello,
Thank you for the quick response and help;
I found /etc/shadow.lock and /etc/passwd.lock and deleted them; after
that i could install mysql server using synaptics without poblems;
I did not use guest session(i never use it, and only i use this
computer).
On Tue, Dec 29,
sorry i wrote same thing 2 times; i did not know that responding the
email and using the launchpad form to respond would have the same efect.
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package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: useradd:
cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
Thanks for your report.
The relevant error is
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Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5_i386.deb)
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useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/mysql -g mysql -s /bin/false -u 115
mysql' returned error code 1.
Thanks for your report.
The relevant error is
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Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5_i386.deb)
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useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/mysql -g mysql -s /bin/false -u 115
mysql' returned error code 1.
Thanks for your report.
This is very similar to bug 432964. Check that there's a file called
/etc/gshadow.lock, and possibly /etc/shadow.lock, /etc/passwd.lock too; if
that's the case, remove them (no risk), and retry. The problem might come from
a crash while using the guest session: do you
