Ubuntu
adduser package

  1. Bug #432964
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 432964

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Tuomas Aavikko (taavikko) wrote : Re: [Bug 432964] Re: [users-admin] unable to change real name

2009/9/20 Milan Bouchet-Valat <email address hidden>

> Thanks! From the logs, I don't see why it does not work. Could you run
> sudo /usr/sbin/usermod -c 'Tuomas Aavikko,,,,' tta
> and see if that works?
>
>
tta@dv5:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/usermod -c 'Tuomas Aavikko,,,,' tta
usermod: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.

The $HOME is encrypted via ecryptfs option in the installer, does it make a
difference?