[Bug 2022825] Re: motd-news.timer trigger motd-news.service even if disable

[Steve Langasek]

> Its not working , and modt keep getting errors when i run commend
"systemctl status"

I cannot reproduce this.  What was the exact error?

Every Ubuntu Desktop system by default has /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-
news and /lib/systemd/system/motd-news.timer installed, but does not
have /etc/default/motd-news so it is disabled by default, and no one is
reporting problems with units being in an error state.

I have tested in an Ubuntu 22.04 lxd container, which also has
/etc/default/motd-news by default; changing it to ENABLED=0 and running
'systemctl start motd-news.timer' does not result in any error state.
Nor does rebooting the system.

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

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Title:
  motd-news.timer trigger motd-news.service even if disable

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Hello, guys, how are you?
  I notice motd-news.timer activate motd-news.service even when motd-new.service disable.

  I follow this doc's from UBUNTU:
  https://ubuntu.com/legal/motd

  /etc/default/motd-news has an ENABLED=1 setting that to 0 for disable.

  It's not working too…

  When you reboot the server and put
  sudo systemctl status motd-news.service

  Service look dead. (disable)
  but he got trigger by motd-news.timer after 10 - 20 minutes (screenshot):
  https://ibb.co/yXTpzGq

  if you look on the screenshot, you will see:
  TriggeredBy: ● motd-news.timer

  I can disable the motd-news.timer service, but i don't know if it will affect other services of UBUNTU.
  Anyway It's still a bug, even if i disable the timer service, it's not should be this way.

  Happened on 2 Different machines of UBUNTU 22.04 (Google Cloud
  Platform)

  Be happy for your recommendation before i disable the motd-new.timer
  with systemctl.

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