On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 11:55:54AM -0500, Andrew R. Reiter wrote: > > 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 > > 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 > : > > -- > arr_at_watson.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >
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