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[David Kedves <kedazo@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was getting this issue on ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) too...
However I've found a workaround, running 'grpconv' as root fixed the problem for me.

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Title:
  newgrp fails with "crypt: Invalid argument"

Status in Shadow:
  Unknown
Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  entry from /etc/passwd:
  user:x:1000:1000:User,,,:/home/user:/bin/bash

  entry from /etc/group:
  dummy:x:200:user

  entry from /etc/gshadow:
  dummy:*::

  logged on as user the command
  "newgrp dummy" asks for a password and fails with "crypt: Invalid argument"

  after removing the line for dummy from gshadow newgrp works

  
  A similar bug was reported on the redhat tracker: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988184

  
  cat /etc/lsb-release 
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"

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