diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2241a790..72418aac 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.287) vivid; urgency=low
+
+  [ Michael Vogt ]
+  * add even more verbose output to
+    live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early
+    (thanks Oliver!)
+  * live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early:
+    - adjust the {group,gshadow}_bootstrap values. The audio group
+      used to be gid 1005 after the bootstrap and is now 29.
+  * live-build/auto/config:
+    - add snappy-ubuntu
+
+  [ Oliver Grawert ]
+  * make sure /var/log is always owned by the syslog group on touch
+
+ -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:03:54 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.286) vivid; urgency=medium
 
   * touch: forcing package mir-platform-graphics-android to see if we're able
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 8d7e0fdc..8396ecd6 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ case $PROJECT in
                         add_package install isc-dhcp-client
                         add_package install resolvconf
                         add_package install click-apparmor
+                        # no Task: header yet
+                        add_package install ubuntu-snappy
 
                         # add special azure package
                         case $ARCH in
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early
index 2deb089d..d5f53471 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh -eu
 
+ERRCNT=""
+
 # Known good post-debootstrap values
 passwd_bootstrap="9738946debbc125bd6cf3f197582a8a5"
 shadow_bootstrap="4d299751999cae6de045390dd568812c"
-group_bootstrap="dd4a0ebdd3f5d170d5a46e6bade5c6c3"
-gshadow_bootstrap="42025e85925432105b429b7c801a50a4"
+group_bootstrap="63632e6266046ef7e59a1f090f93a2de"
+gshadow_bootstrap="0b17c40c462aba03bed49ce62300de73"
 
 # Current post-debootstrap values
 passwd_hash=$(set -- $(md5sum /etc/passwd) && echo $1)
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ else
     echo "The output below might help to resolve the issue" >&2
     cat /etc/passwd
     echo "passwd md5sum: $passwd_hash" >&2
-    exit 1
+    ERRCNT=1
 fi
 
 # /etc/shadow
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ else
     echo "The output below might help to resolve the issue" >&2
     cat /etc/shadow
     echo "shadow md5sum: $shadow_hash" >&2
-    exit 1
+    ERRCNT=1
 fi
 
 # /etc/group
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ else
     echo "The output below might help to resolve the issue" >&2
     cat /etc/group
     echo "group md5sum: $group_hash" >&2
-    exit 1
+    ERRCNT=1
 fi
 
 # /etc/gshadow
@@ -213,7 +215,18 @@ else
     echo "The output below might help to resolve the issue" >&2
     cat /etc/gshadow
     echo "gshadow md5sum: $gshadow_hash" >&2
-    exit 1
+    ERRCNT=1
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$ERRCNT" ]; then
+        echo "There were changes to the password database," >&2
+        echo "please adjust the values in the livecd-rootfs source in the file:" >&2
+        echo "live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early" >&2
+        echo >&2
+        echo "Please check also if a maintainer script of the package" >&2
+        echo "that added these entries perhaps created a home directory and," >&2
+        echo "if needed, add code for creation of it to the above hook" >&2
+        exit 1
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early b/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early
index 0b456332..ac83689f 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ mkdir -p /var/lib/usermetrics
 chown usermetrics:usermetrics /var/lib/usermetrics
 chmod 750 /var/lib/usermetrics
 
+chgrp syslog /var/log
+
 # Record the current state for later comparison
 for file in /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/gshadow; do
     rm -f ${file}-