bind9 failed to configure because adduser couldn't lock /etc/passwd

Thanks for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Could you send the contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf, as well as the output of

    grep bind /etc/group
    grep bind /etc/passwd
    grep 116 /etc/passwd

Thanks for responding i send content of etc/nsswitch.conf and the rest of the outputs:

# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd: compat
group: compat
shadow: compat

hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
networks: files

protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files

netgroup: nis

etc/group :
root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:barbis
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
man:x:12:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:barbis
fax:x:21:barbis
voice:x:22:
cdrom:x:24:barbis
floppy:x:25:barbis
tape:x:26:barbis
sudo:x:27:
audio:x:29:pulse,barbis
dip:x:30:barbis
www-data:x:33:
backup:x:34:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:
video:x:44:barbis
sasl:x:45:
plugdev:x:46:barbis
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:
users:x:100:
nogroup:x:65534:
libuuid:x:101:
crontab:x:102:
syslog:x:103:
fuse:x:104:barbis
lpadmin:x:105:barbis
ssl-cert:x:106:
messagebus:x:107:

etc/passwd:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh
syslog:x:101:103::/home/syslog:/bin/false
messagebus:x:102:107::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
avahi-autoipd:x:103:110:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false
avahi:x:104:111:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
couchdb:x:105:113:CouchDB Administrator,,,:/var/lib/couchdb:/bin/bash
speech-dispatcher:x:106:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/sh
usbmux:x:107:46:usbmux daemon,,,:/home/usbmux:/bin/false
haldaemon:x:108:114:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false
kernoops:x:109:65534:Kernel Oops Tracking Daemon,,,:/:/bin/false
pulse:x:110:115:PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false
rtkit:x:111:117:RealtimeKit,,,:/proc:/bin/false
saned:x:112:118::/home/saned:/bin/false
hplip:x:113:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/var/run/hplip:/bin/false
gdm:x:114:120:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false
barbis:x:1000:1000:Barbis,,,:/home/barbis:/bin/bash
guest:x:115:123:Guest,,,:/:/bin/bash

i hope this is helpful thanks again

"We Must Be Over The Rainbow"

> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:30:51 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 692838] Re: package bind9 1:9.7.0.dfsg....

From the terminal log:

    useradd: no se puede bloquear /etc/passwd; inténtelo más tarde.
    adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/cache/bind -g bind -s /bin/false -u 116 bind' devolvió el código de error 1. Saliendo.