[Bug 1855271] Re: Please make /etc/update-motd.d snippets runnable by regular users

Balint Reczey balint.reczey at canonical.com
Thu Dec 5 14:37:11 UTC 2019


** Summary changed:

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

** Description changed:

  [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.
+  * /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.
+  * Run update-motd's autopkgtest and observe scripts not throwing
+ errors.
  
  [Regression Potential]
  
-  * The fixes are fairly simple, but to ensure no breakage the scripts
+  * The fixes are fairly simple, but to ensure no breakage the scripts
  are also run as root.

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Title:
  Please make /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 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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