Missing User
Asked by
srikumar
Have upgraded from Ubuntu 16.10 to 17.04 .
The user(not an administrator) set up under U 16.10 has disappeared in U 17.04.
Tried to add as a new user in U 17.04 but the following error message is shown:-
Failed to add account
running 'usr/sbin/adduser' failed: Child process exited with code 1
also tried:-
>sudo adduser staff
>The group "staff" already exists.
but the user "staff " is not displayed when logging in nor on the adduser graphical menu
also tried:-
>sudo deluser staff
> The user "staff" does not exist
It seems that the user "staff" remains hidden somewhere.
How to delete/remove this user completely and then add this as a new user
Thank you
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