[Bug 1475749] Re: usermod --add-subuids fails for users not in /etc/passwd

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Title:
  usermod --add-subuids fails for users not in /etc/passwd

Status in Canonical System Image:
  New
Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  currently we have need to utilize lxc on vivid+stable overlay which requires adding subuser & subgroup ids.
  unfortunately, usermod currently fails since phablet password is readonly

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