[Bug 1701068] Re: motd is advertising HBO's Silicon Valley

[Simos Xenitellis ]

The script is /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news
which reads https://motd.ubuntu.com and displays the text from that page.

Obviously there has been an unfortunate mix-up and it shows that HBO-
related item.

Is it really necessary to conflate this into some conspiracy to display
ads in the Ubuntu Server motd?

** Summary changed:

- motd is advertising HBO's Silicon Valley
+ motd.ubuntu.com currently advertises HBO's Silicon Valley

** Description changed:

- The MOTD is advertising HBO's Silicon Valley. The MOTD should not be
- advertising anything.
+ In Ubuntu 17.04 or newer, there is a script at /etc/update-motd.d/50
+ -motd-news that reads https://motd.ubuntu.com/ and displays that text
+ with the rest of the MOTD.
  
+ Currently, https://motd.ubuntu.com shows a news item about HBO's Silicon Valley which has a reference to Ubuntu. 
+ Instead, https://motd.ubuntu.com should show relevant items to those that 
+ use Ubuntu Server (relevant security issues, etc), instead of items for desktop users.
+ 
+ =============================
  Welcome to Ubuntu 17.04 (GNU/Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64)
  
-  * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
-  * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
-  * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage
+  * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
+  * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
+  * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage
  
-  * How HBO's Silicon Valley built "Not Hotdog" with mobile TensorFlow,
-    Keras & React Native on Ubuntu
-    - https://ubu.one/HBOubu
+  * How HBO's Silicon Valley built "Not Hotdog" with mobile TensorFlow,
+    Keras & React Native on Ubuntu
+    - https://ubu.one/HBOubu
+ ==============================
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: base-files 9.6ubuntu13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jun 28 12:31:24 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-02 (56 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=xterm-256color
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm-256color
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: base-files
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  motd.ubuntu.com currently advertises HBO's Silicon Valley

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu 17.04 or newer, there is a script at /etc/update-motd.d/50
  -motd-news that reads https://motd.ubuntu.com/ and displays that text
  with the rest of the MOTD.

  Currently, https://motd.ubuntu.com shows a news item about HBO's Silicon Valley which has a reference to Ubuntu. 
  Instead, https://motd.ubuntu.com should show relevant items to those that 
  use Ubuntu Server (relevant security issues, etc), instead of items for desktop users.

  =============================
  Welcome to Ubuntu 17.04 (GNU/Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64)

   * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
   * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
   * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

   * How HBO's Silicon Valley built "Not Hotdog" with mobile TensorFlow,
     Keras & React Native on Ubuntu
     - https://ubu.one/HBOubu
  ==============================

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: base-files 9.6ubuntu13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jun 28 12:31:24 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-02 (56 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: base-files
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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