news fetch · 14ubuntu6.2
- Version · build
- 14ubuntu6.2 · the script in Ubuntu 26.04's base-files package · not run: the script applies to Ubuntu installs that carry motd-news-config · not installed: the base-files source package read at 14ubuntu6.2
- Sends by default
- yes · read in code: where motd-news-config is installed, as Ubuntu Server's metapackage installs it
- Kind
- reports · checks
- Trigger
- on its own
- When
- Its timer runs the script twice a day on the timer's calendar, each run delayed at random by up to 12 hours, and once, a minute after boot; the script then fetches the news. Not wire-checked.
- Where
- vendor API · motd.ubuntu.com
- What it sends
- a user agent naming the wget version, the distribution release, the kernel and architecture, the processor model, and a cloud ID where one exists (system)
- The vendor's stated purpose
- “50-motd-news - print the live news from the Ubuntu wire” — the script's own header line at 14ubuntu6.2 (quoted whole), read 2026-10-10
- Grade and method
- read · the script, its default setting, its timer and its unit read in the base-files source package at 14ubuntu6.2 · read 2026-10-10
- Receipts
- the script: its switch, its address and its user agent · the switch: the script exits unless ENABLED=1 · the default setting ENABLED=1, shipped by motd-news-config · motd-news-config installs that file as /etc/default/motd-news · motd-news-config's description: 'Install this package if you want motd-news to be enabled.' · the timer: twice a day with a random delay, and a minute after boot · Ubuntu 26.04's server metapackage depends on motd-news-config