Public bug reported:
[Impact]
* /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available is not readable for regular users
which prevents assembling MOTD with a regular user's rights.
ug.
* This prevents showing package information when the user is dropped to a
regular user's shell in WSL.
[Test Case]
* The file should be world-readable
$ sudo apt update
$ ls -alh /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Sep 19 15:29
/var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available
[Regression Potential]
* The fix is very simple, only a chmod command to leave the file world
readable. Regressions are ulikely.
** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: wsl
** Tags added: wsl
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Please make /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available world readable
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