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

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This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 11ubuntu2

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base-files (11ubuntu2) focal; urgency=medium

  * motd/50-motd-news: Don't show error when /var/cache/motd-news is missing
    and runnig as regular user (LP: #1855271)

 -- Balint Reczey <rbalint at ubuntu.com>  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:39:21 +0100

** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New
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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