This issue started for me originally with Jetty I think, I didn't have the ability to submit a bug report at the time. I began receiving an error about how it couldn't setup a Jetty user account. This is the data in /var/term.log for the latest update. Log started: 2010-02-23 09:42:52 (Reading database ... 246453 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libgssapi-krb5-2 1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.3 (using .../libgssapi-krb5-2_1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libgssapi-krb5-2 ... Preparing to replace libkrb5-3 1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.3 (using .../libkrb5-3_1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libkrb5-3 ... Preparing to replace libkrb5support0 1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.3 (using .../libkrb5support0_1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libkrb5support0 ... Preparing to replace libk5crypto3 1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.3 (using .../libk5crypto3_1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libk5crypto3 ... Preparing to replace linux-firmware 1.25 (using .../linux-firmware_1.26_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-firmware ... Setting up postfix (2.6.5-3) ... Adding system user `postfix' (UID 114) ... Adding new user `postfix' (UID 114) with group `postfix' ... useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/spool/postfix -g postfix -s /bin/false -u 114 postfix' returned error code 1. Exiting. dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bsd-mailx: bsd-mailx depends on postfix | mail-transport-agent; however: Package postfix is not configured yet. Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. Package postfix which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bsd-mailx (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mailx: mailx depends on bsd-mailx; however: Package bsd-mailx is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mailx (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-core: lsb-core depends on postfix | mail-transport-agent; however: Package postfix is not configured yet. Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. Package postfix which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet. lsb-core depends on mailx | mailutils; however: Package mailx is not configured yet. Package bsd-mailx which provides mailx is not configured yet. Package mailutils is not installed. dpkg: error processing lsb-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-graphics: lsb-graphics depends on lsb-core; however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-graphics (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-cxx: lsb-cxx depends on lsb-core; however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-cxx (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-desktop: lsb-desktop depends on lsb-graphics; however: Package lsb-graphics is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-desktop (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb: lsb depends on lsb-core; however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-graphics; however: Package lsb-graphics is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-cxx; however: Package lsb-cxx is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-desktop; however: Package lsb-desktop is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-beta: google-chrome-beta depends on lsb (>= 3.2); however: Package lsb is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing google-chrome-beta (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up jetty (6.1.20-2) ... Adding system user `jetty' (UID 114) ... Adding new user `jetty' (UID 114) with group `jetty' ... useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /usr/share/jetty -g jetty -s /bin/false -u 114 jetty' returned error code 1. Exiting. dpkg: error processing jetty (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up libkrb5support0 (1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.4) ... Setting up libk5crypto3 (1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.4) ... Setting up libkrb5-3 (1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.4) ... Setting up libgssapi-krb5-2 (1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.4) ... Setting up linux-firmware (1.26) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Errors were encountered while processing: postfix bsd-mailx mailx lsb-core lsb-graphics lsb-cxx lsb-desktop lsb google-chrome-beta jetty Log ended: 2010-02-23 09:43:11