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[Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Older systems that have the libuuid user with a interactive shell
(/bin/sh) will fail spectacularly during a trusty->utopic upgrade
because chsh will ask for a password and hang and if the user enters a
password it will fail with a postinst failure really deep in the stack.

This is debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764244

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Critical
     Assignee: Michael Vogt (mvo)
         Status: In Progress

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1381570

Title:
  libuuid1 uses chsh in postinst which breaks upgrades

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Older systems that have the libuuid user with a interactive shell
  (/bin/sh) will fail spectacularly during a trusty->utopic upgrade
  because chsh will ask for a password and hang and if the user enters a
  password it will fail with a postinst failure really deep in the
  stack.

  This is debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
  bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764244

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