1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/util-linux/util-linux.install b/core/util-linux/util-linux.install
index 90ce5bd73..35f80e2a2 100644
--- a/core/util-linux/util-linux.install
+++ b/core/util-linux/util-linux.install
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+post_install() {
+  # create user for uuidd
+  if ! getent group uuidd >/dev/null; then
+    groupadd -r uuidd
+  fi
+
+  if ! getent passwd uuidd >/dev/null; then
+    useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin -d / -g uuidd uuidd
+  fi
+
+  # we don't want use systemd-tmpfiles here because
+  # the package dependency would create a circular dep.
+  if [ ! -d run/uuidd ]; then
+    install -o uuidd -g uuidd -dm755 run/uuidd
+  fi
+}
+
 post_upgrade() {
   if [ "$(vercmp $2 2.21.2-4)" -lt 0 ]; then
     if [ -f /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime ]; then
@@ -7,4 +24,16 @@ post_upgrade() {
       rmdir /var/lib/hwclock
     fi
   fi
+
+  post_install
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+  if getent passwd uuidd >/dev/null; then
+    userdel uuidd
+  fi
+
+  if getent group uuidd >/dev/null; then
+    userdel uuidd
+  fi
 }