Re-activate previous accounts in seperate /home after 9.10 fresh install

[fancypiper]

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[n411303]

I solved it!!

But... in a different way:

As ROOT I checked: etc/passwd
The new user was not there (obviously).

Then with:

sudo adduser <username>

I did manage to create the account. Then afterwards I checked etc/passwd and this time the user was there.
Logged in as that user, which now worked, so the problem was solved through these steps.

So my guess is that the graphical "User and Groups" utility contains a bug, so that it can't create a new user account if the user already exists in /home/<username>

Because doing exactly the same thing through the good old terminal succeeded whilst the graphical shell refused to do so.

Solved!

THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!
WORKS LIKE A DREAM!!

Tell EVERYONE this is the way to clean install Ubuntu every six months without user profile/account problems.

Thank you very much.

[donato roque]

Thank you very much for this thread. I've been looking for the solution too. Terminal rules!

[fancypiper]

I think you mean "bash rules!"