$metadata returns 401 if no authentication is provided

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• [X] This is not a security vulnerability or a crashing bug
• [X] This is not a question about how to use OpenBMC
• [X] This is not a bug in an OpenBMC fork or a bug in code still under code review.
• [X] This is not a request for a new feature.

Bug Description

curl -vvvv  -k  https://192.168.7.2/redfish/v1/\$metadata

is returning 401, which is causing redfish service validator to fail. This URI is called out in the Redfish spec as being allowed without authentication.

Version

This is a regression caused by 090ab8e1042e14f7e5e02572ae2a2102677f1f00

root@s7106:~# cat /etc/os-release
ID=openbmc-phosphor
NAME="Phosphor OpenBMC (Phosphor OpenBMC Project Reference Distro)"
VERSION="2.16.0-dev"
VERSION_ID=2.16.0-dev-1068-g12927b25ba-dirty
VERSION_CODENAME="scarthgap"
PRETTY_NAME="Phosphor OpenBMC (Phosphor OpenBMC Project Reference Distro) 2.16.0-dev"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:openembedded:openbmc-phosphor:2.16.0-dev-1068-g12927b25ba-dirty"
BUILD_ID="20240528182430"
OPENBMC_TARGET_MACHINE="s7106"
EXTENDED_VERSION="2.16.0-dev-1068-g12927b25ba-dirty"