Confirmed here that /var/lib/ubuntu-advantage/status.json is only updated when running 'ua status' as root.
No desktop software is running as root, in the few cases that root privileges are required a small service is run as root and that is communicated with via D-Bus. The warning doesn't show for the majority of users, since they aren't going to be running from the command line so I would leave it for now, and remove in the next revision of this code. I think there is a case where this won't work - if you have a fresh machine that you haven't done a 'ua attach' on then software-properties is going to not offer ESM as it's not going to think it's available. In https://code.launchpad.net/~robert-ancell/software- properties/+git/software-properties/+merge/400153 that 'ua status' can timeout and return empty values, which is why we are accessing /var/lib/ubuntu-advantage/status.json. Is there a reason why the ua client doesn't do this itself internally, i.e. it gives you fresh json or returns the cached copy if it can't do the update? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1920836 Title: Show Extended Security Maintenence status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1920836/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
