[Bug 1855271] [NEW] Please make update-notifier's /etc/update-motd.d snippets runnable by regular users

[Balint Reczey]

Public bug reported:

[Impact]

 * /etc/update-motd.d snippets throw errors when a nomal user runs them.
 * This prevents showing MOTD when the user is dropped to a regular user's shell in WSL.

[Test Case]

 * Run update-motd's autopkgtest and observe update-notifier's scripts
not throwing errors.

[Regression Potential]

 * The fixes are fairly simple, but to ensure no breakage the scripts
are also run as root.

** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Please make update-notifier's /etc/update-motd.d snippets runnable by
  regular users

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * /etc/update-motd.d snippets throw errors when a nomal user runs them.
   * This prevents showing MOTD when the user is dropped to a regular user's shell in WSL.

  [Test Case]

   * Run update-motd's autopkgtest and observe update-notifier's scripts
  not throwing errors.

  [Regression Potential]

   * The fixes are fairly simple, but to ensure no breakage the scripts
  are also run as root.

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