i have this "empty users & groups list" too, on a reinstalled 8.04.4. (it was working before, with 8.04, which i used for years until i gave the 10.04 upgrade a try... :) hence the reinstall...) i have added users and groups manually with adduser and other commands (also with webmin). the /etc/groups and /etc/paswwd files are intact. the grpck doesn't find any problem either. i have to note (as in many other cases it seemed to be important), that i'm using the desktop over a vnc connection. i had to unlock several things in the policy kit to allow me to access several "admin tools", such as users and groups. but it only affected the unlock button, as far as i can tell. i don't think the users&groups app would display anything if i'd log in locally (not with vnc), but i can not test this.
-- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234473 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
