[Qemu-devel] [Bug 732864] Re: groupadd: cannot lock /etc/gshadow; try again later.

[de_mitt]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 523896 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523896

** Also affects: qemu
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  groupadd: cannot lock /etc/gshadow; try again later.

Status in QEMU:
  New
Status in “qemu” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: qemu

  Unpacking qemu-kvm (from .../qemu-kvm_0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
  groupadd: cannot lock /etc/gshadow; try again later.
  addgroup: `/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 125 kvm' returned error code 10. Exiting.
  dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/qemu-kvm_0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
   subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/qemu-kvm_0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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