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Date:      Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:14:22 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        patmac@demon.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to prevent motd including os info
Message-ID:  <19990911131422.A40199@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199909111127.MAA00229@gti.noc.demon.net>
References:  <199909111127.MAA00229@gti.noc.demon.net>

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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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