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[Seth Arnold <1319973@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the libuuid postinst hack to fix this introduced regressions:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1491055
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1518151

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Title:
  libuuid: use /usr/sbin/nologin instead of /bin/sh for libuuid user

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in util-linux source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in util-linux source package in Utopic:
  Won't Fix
Status in util-linux package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  antarus@killbot:~$ getent passwd libuuid
  libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:

  A missing shell specification means it takes the default shell
  (usually /bin/sh).


  DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)"
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04

  antarus@killbot:/tmp$ apt-cache policy libuuid1
  libuuid1:
    Installed: 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20
    Candidate: 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20

  It should have /usr/sbin/nologin as its shell.

  -A

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