Re: How to prevent motd including os info

Charlie Root aka Patrick Mackeown Root (rootns0.help-desk.co.uk)
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 18:24:13 +0100 (BST)

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Thanks to everyone for this answer.
patmac

> Patrick MacKeown wrote:
>
> > Please would somebody tell me how to prevent motd including the OS version
> > and the kernel name. On my 3.2 box editing the lines out of /etc/motd just
> > leads to them being replaced
>
> Set update_motd="NO" in rc.conf, and it will be left alone.
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