Ubuntu :: Get Rid Of The Motd When Ssh-ing Into The Machine
Mar 28, 2011
[On Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit]
I have been trying to get rid of the boring motd when ssh-ing into the machine. I have sudo vim-ed the /etc/motd file to no avail.
Even if I add a motd.tail tail file with my content. I still get the boring and verbose:
Quote:
Linux barney 2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:39:03 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 10.10
Welcome to Ubuntu! * Documentation: [URL]
How do I get rid of this?
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Jun 6, 2010
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I noticed that it is a softlink
Code:
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-07-05 10:47 motd -> /var/run/motd
cmmiller@ladytron:/etc$
And I'm making the change to /var/run/motd, however it keeps changing.
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Code:
Linux zeus 2.6.35-22-generic-pae #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 22:14:14 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 10.10
[code]....
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Script
Code:
#!/bin/bash
[code]....
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