I am not having any luck at all reproducing the problem in Gutsy under a VM. I have done 8 trials of various operations, and all did nothing but expected.
Here's an easy test method:
mkdir -p ~/trials/orig
cd ~/trials/orig
cp /etc/passwd .
cp /etc/group .
mkdir ../try1
# do some things in the Users and Groups applet
cd ../try1
cp /etc/passwd .
cp /etc/group .
cd ..
Examine results to see if it they make sense according to what you did in the applet. Rinse and repeat. Compare try1 with try2 next, try2 to try3, etc...
Is this only a Dapper problem?
I am not having any luck at all reproducing the problem in Gutsy under a VM. I have done 8 trials of various operations, and all did nothing but expected.
Here's an easy test method:
mkdir -p ~/trials/orig
cd ~/trials/orig
cp /etc/passwd .
cp /etc/group .
mkdir ../try1
# do some things in the Users and Groups applet
cd ../try1
cp /etc/passwd .
cp /etc/group .
cd ..
diff -u ./orig/passwd ./try1/passwd
diff -u ./orig/group ./try1/group
Examine results to see if it they make sense according to what you did in the applet. Rinse and repeat. Compare try1 with try2 next, try2 to try3, etc...