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List:       tru64-unix-managers
Subject:    SUMMARY: /etc/motd problem at startup
From:       judith () npac ! syr ! edu
Date:       1995-02-28 11:02:02
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Thanks for all the quick responses! It was pointed out to me by several
people that /sbin/init.d/motd, pointed to (probably) by /sbin/rc3.d/S60motd,
doing the check on the file and updating it with the operating system version
in the first two lines, at every boot. Suggested remedies are:
	* don't share /etc/motd
	* mv /sbin/rc3.d/S60motd /sbin/rc3.d/s60motd so the script is not run,
          thus not checking and updating at every boot.
	* modify /sbin/init.d/motd so it doesn't do the modification at
	   at every boot.

It was further noted that modifying this behavior may break install scripts
that check /etc/motd.

Thanks again...

Judith Reed
judith@npac.syr.edu
systems@npac.syr.edu

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