Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:15:30 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> 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: <20060209191529.GA9088@xor.obsecurity.org> 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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--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 11:55:54AM -0500, Andrew R. Reiter wrote: >=20 > I don't think that response helps anyone :-) Well, if it's because of a sense that removing the message will improve his system security (sometimes people ask the question for this reason), then I think it would be useful to discuss that idea with him. Kris >=20 > On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > :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 remo= ve 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=3D"NO" to rc.conf and rebooted and that did nothing, it st= ill > :> showed up. I even went so far as to comment out the copyright statemen= t 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=3D"YES" to no= and > :> rebooted and still it kept showing up. I am at wits end here..... anyo= ne > :> 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 > : >=20 > -- > arr@watson.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD65TRWry0BWjoQKURAjqxAJ9lqTjlwzJDRBzN9bSx6OjDgVevxgCfbHGY nY/Vw7oG/ijtUhRh3EyY5iM= =SmGU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--
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