libuuid1 uses chsh in postinst which breaks upgrades

Bug #1381570 reported by Michael Vogt
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
util-linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Michael Vogt

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

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Michael Vogt (mvo)
Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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