[Touch-packages] [Bug 1885717] Re: /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news not executable
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1885717 Title: /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news not executable Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On new installed 18.04, just caught a failed process to start: motd- news root@xps13 ~# systemctl list-units --state=failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUBDESCRIPTION ● motd-news.service loaded failed failed Message of the Day Looking close: root@xps13 ~# systemctl status motd-news ● motd-news.service - Message of the Day Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/motd-news.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-06-30 09:16:54 CEST; 5h 6min ago Docs: man:update-motd(8) Process: 12505 ExecStart=/etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Main PID: 12505 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Jun 30 09:16:54 elxa7r5lmh2 systemd[1]: Starting Message of the Day... Jun 30 09:16:54 elxa7r5lmh2 systemd[1]: motd-news.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC Jun 30 09:16:54 elxa7r5lmh2 systemd[1]: motd-news.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jun 30 09:16:54 elxa7r5lmh2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Message of the Day. I could fix by a simple "chmod +x" to the file. root@xps13 ~# /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news fish: The file “/etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news” is not executable by this user root@xps13 ~# chmod 755 /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news root@xps13 ~# /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news So there are 2 bugs here: 1) missing executable permission on file 2) executable placement inside /etc directory Extra info: 1) Description:Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Release:18.04 2) base-files: Installed: 10.1ubuntu2.8 Candidate: 10.1ubuntu2.8 Version table: *** 10.1ubuntu2.8 500 500 mirror://elx-install.lmera.ericsson.se/mirrors.txt bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 10.1ubuntu2.2 500 500 mirror://elx-install.lmera.ericsson.se/mirrors.txt bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 10.1ubuntu2 500 500 mirror://elx-install.lmera.ericsson.se/mirrors.txt bionic/main amd64 Packages 3) Not to crash would be much better 4) Crashed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1885717/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1885717] Re: /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news not executable
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1885717 Title: /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news not executable Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On new installed 18.04, just caught a failed process to start: motd- news root@xps13 ~# systemctl list-units --state=failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUBDESCRIPTION ● motd-news.service loaded failed failed Message of the Day Looking close: root@xps13 ~# systemctl status motd-news ● motd-news.service - Message of the Day Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/motd-news.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-06-30 09:16:54 CEST; 5h 6min ago Docs: man:update-motd(8) Process: 12505 ExecStart=/etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Main PID: 12505 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Jun 30 09:16:54 elxa7r5lmh2 systemd[1]: Starting Message of the Day... Jun 30 09:16:54 elxa7r5lmh2 systemd[1]: motd-news.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC Jun 30 09:16:54 elxa7r5lmh2 systemd[1]: motd-news.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jun 30 09:16:54 elxa7r5lmh2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Message of the Day. I could fix by a simple "chmod +x" to the file. root@xps13 ~# /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news fish: The file “/etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news” is not executable by this user root@xps13 ~# chmod 755 /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news root@xps13 ~# /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news So there are 2 bugs here: 1) missing executable permission on file 2) executable placement inside /etc directory Extra info: 1) Description:Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Release:18.04 2) base-files: Installed: 10.1ubuntu2.8 Candidate: 10.1ubuntu2.8 Version table: *** 10.1ubuntu2.8 500 500 mirror://elx-install.lmera.ericsson.se/mirrors.txt bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 10.1ubuntu2.2 500 500 mirror://elx-install.lmera.ericsson.se/mirrors.txt bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 10.1ubuntu2 500 500 mirror://elx-install.lmera.ericsson.se/mirrors.txt bionic/main amd64 Packages 3) Not to crash would be much better 4) Crashed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1885717/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
