Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 03:10:32 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alex <theawel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD showing version number upon login Message-ID: <20060209081032.GA72288@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <aa8567bf0602082329u766e860dy8b7c64c04cbccb25@mail.gmail.com> References: <aa8567bf0602082329u766e860dy8b7c64c04cbccb25@mail.gmail.com>
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--BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD6vj4Wry0BWjoQKURAtQzAKD7gOVN8mlomn9NKTL4vo1S/JtJpgCfRPb3 JTP7BD1u31GN18fs0Ry6WGY= =2Fpm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3--
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