Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:03:12 -0600 (CST) From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: "Andrew R. Reiter" <arr@watson.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Alex <theawel@gmail.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD showing version number upon login Message-ID: <20060209110217.Y54719@mail.makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20060209115531.F74364@fledge.watson.org> References: <aa8567bf0602082329u766e860dy8b7c64c04cbccb25@mail.gmail.com> <20060209081032.GA72288@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060209115531.F74364@fledge.watson.org>
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Andrew R. Reiter wrote: > > I don't think that response helps anyone :-) > > On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > :On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:29:25AM -0500, Alex wrote: > :> I just installed a fresh copy of freebsd 6.0. I went on to try to remove the > :> version number that appears before your MOTD and I had no luck. I first > :> tried making a COPYRIGHT file in /etc(with touch COPYRIGHT) and adding > :> update_motd="NO" to rc.conf and rebooted and that did nothing, it still > :> showed up. I even went so far as to comment out the copyright statement in > :> login.conf and rebuilt the DB but it still showed up. I also went to > :> /etc/default/rc.conf and changed the default update_motd="YES" to no and > :> rebooted and still it kept showing up. I am at wits end here..... anyone > :> have any ideas? Am I missing something here? > : > :IMO, the real question is "why are you trying to hide it"..that > :information is available in lots of ways. > : > :Kris > : > su - cd /etc mv motd motd.orig Best regards, Chris If you leave the room, you're elected.
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