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

[Brian Murray]

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted base-files into eoan-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-
files/10.2ubuntu7.19.10.0 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-eoan to verification-done-eoan. If it does not fix
the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag
to verification-failed-eoan. In either case, without details of your
testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
-proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

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

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-eoan

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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:
  Fix Released
Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in base-files source package in Eoan:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * /etc/update-motd.d snippets throw errors when a normal 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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