[Bug 2016145] [NEW] Wrong ownership for /var/lib/libuuid/

[Duncan Sands]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 22.10, uuid-runtime version 2.38-4ubuntu1

I noticed that if I ran "uuidgen -t" then I would get a line like this
in my system logs: "uuidd: failed to open/lock clock counter"

Using strace I saw that the reason was a lack of permission to write to
"/var/lib/libuuid/clock.txt".  The directory "/var/lib/libuuid/" is
owned by root, however "uuidd" is run as a systemd service
(uuidd.service) as user "uuidd".  This fixed it: "sudo chown uuidd:uuidd
/var/lib/libuuid/".

So I think the uuid-runtime package should ensure that
"/var/lib/libuuid" is owned by "uuid".

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Wrong ownership for /var/lib/libuuid/

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 22.10, uuid-runtime version 2.38-4ubuntu1

  I noticed that if I ran "uuidgen -t" then I would get a line like this
  in my system logs: "uuidd: failed to open/lock clock counter"

  Using strace I saw that the reason was a lack of permission to write
  to "/var/lib/libuuid/clock.txt".  The directory "/var/lib/libuuid/" is
  owned by root, however "uuidd" is run as a systemd service
  (uuidd.service) as user "uuidd".  This fixed it: "sudo chown
  uuidd:uuidd /var/lib/libuuid/".

  So I think the uuid-runtime package should ensure that
  "/var/lib/libuuid" is owned by "uuid".

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