ShellCheck Error: need to run as root or suid

[KlfJoat]

Hi,

Some time in the last month or so, since I last opened Atom and used it, a problem has arisen with the automatic Shellcheck execution.

When I make any change to a bash script in Atom, I receive the following pop-up:

[Linter] Error running ShellCheck See Console for more info.

With Open Console and Cancel as the button options.

When I open the console, the seemingly relevant section says...

/home/klfjoat/.atom/packages/linter/lib/linter-registry.js:154 
[Linter] Error running ShellCheck Error: need to run as root or suid
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/klfjoat/.atom/packages/linter-autocomplete-jing/node_modules/sb-exec/lib/index.js:56)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:998)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:403)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:194)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (net.js:593)
(anonymous) @ /home/klfjoat/.atom/packages/linter/lib/linter-registry.js:154

In what world must I be root to run Shellcheck!?!?! Obviously there is a problem, here. I'm just not sure at what level. So I started with the most specific piece that didn't work.

Basic background info...

• Atom is up-to-date
• All Atom packages are up-to-date
• Shellcheck is up-to-date from the official Shellcheck snap package (created by the author, not someone else), and this is how it has always run successfully.
• I have manually run Shellcheck on the same file that was open in Atom, and it ran (without root) and provided me with useful output.
• I have tried hard-coding the Shellcheck executable path in the package config /snap/bin/shellcheck, but no change in experience.
• All other options in linter-shellcheck are default.
• No other errors that I can see in Atom.

[ipkpjersi]

I have been able to replicate this issue on Atom 1.51.0 x64 snap on Ubuntu 18.04.