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

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Verified 3.192.26.1 on Eoan:

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autopkgtest [17:30:02]: test show-motd: [-----------------------
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autopkgtest [17:30:03]: test show-motd: -----------------------]
show-motd            PASS

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

** Changed in: update-notifier (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:
  Fix Released
Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in base-files source package in Eoan:
  Fix Committed
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Eoan:
  Fix Committed
Status in update-notifier 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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