Fresh installation doesn't add shimx64.efi as a secure boot option on acer aspire e5

Bug #1790326 reported by Marc Rawji
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Bug Description

A fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04.01 LTS doesn't add the shimx64.efi to the list of boot options.

Customer Impact:
After an installation, the system just boots back into windows and Ubuntu doesn't appear as a boot option under the F12 boot menu.

To resolve:
Log into the Bios, under security, go to "files to trust for secure boot" and then add either the shimx64.efi. if you add the grubx64.efi, the boot will fail after an update to grub.

Expectation:
After an installation (dual boot), I have the option to boot into Ubuntu without mucking around in the BIOS :)

Release:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04

Package Version
$ apt-cache policy shim
shim:
  Installed: 13-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 13-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 13-0ubuntu2 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: shim 13-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
.proc.sys.kernel.moksbstate_disabled: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/sys/kernel/moksbstate_disabled'
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Sep 1 10:43:48 2018
Dependencies:

EFITables:
 Sep 01 10:40:56 mrawji-ae15 kernel: efi: EFI v2.50 by INSYDE Corp.
 Sep 01 10:40:56 mrawji-ae15 kernel: efi: ACPI 2.0=0x8aefd014 SMBIOS=0x8a013000 SMBIOS 3.0=0x8a011000 ESRT=0x8a00fb98
 Sep 01 10:40:56 mrawji-ae15 kernel: secureboot: Secure boot enabled
 Sep 01 10:40:56 mrawji-ae15 kernel: esrt: Reserving ESRT space from 0x000000008a00fb98 to 0x000000008a00fbd0.
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-30 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SecureBoot: 6 0 0 0 1
SourcePackage: shim
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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