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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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