[lug] motd

[Jason Davis]

On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 18:22, D. Stimits wrote:
> Jason Davis wrote:
> > Hello,
> > The output of uname -a keeps getting written to the first line
> > of /etc/motd. I think this happens when my box gets rebooted ..
> > (I just edited the file or I would compare last modified time to uptime)
> > Anyone know how to make this stop? (Debian testing)
> > 
> > my motd :) (after removing the uname stuff)
> 
> I think you are seeing the contents of /etc/issue and not /etc/motd. 
> Caveat: While my Fedora Core 2 setup does not have any scripts filling 
> in /etc/motd at boot time, I remember prior/other distros that did this 
> scripted echo of uname -a into motd or issue via an init script (this 
> was quite a while ago and not debian). Check what happens if you modify 
> /etc/issue, or do a "grep -R motd *" from /etc/.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net


Thanks the grep found it. I just needed to set 
EDITMOTD=no
in the file /etc/default/rcS


Thanks,
Jason Davis
mohadib at openactive.org
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