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New What to do with motd?
I recently upgraded to the 2.6 kernel, and noticed I was still seeing 'Welcome to Knoppix (Kernel 2.4.20-xfs)' when I booted. I had assumed it was actually reporting info about the current kernel, and thought at first I hadn't actually gotten the kernel right.

Once I relized that wasn't what was happening, I went looking for that text and found it in both /etc/motd and /etc/motd.static. Now I know why it's showing up. Question is, since I'm the only one using this box, I don't have any need for motd. If I just delete both motd files, will I start getting an error message when I boot? Or will it show something from fortunes instead?
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New Just make it an empty file.


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New "> /etc/motd && > /etc/motd.static"
That'll get rid of any content.

You can turn of the MOTD. It is part of the login sequence.
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New Was going to do something similar
But being a lazy bastard, I copied. Thanks.
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New Better to put something in there.
Along the lines of "This is a private computer system. Any unauthorized access is prohibited, etc. etc."

From what I've read, if you don't say something like that at login, then prosecuting break-ins is much more problematic.
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New Good tip, done
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     What to do with motd? - (drewk) - (5)
         Just make it an empty file. -NT - (pwhysall)
         "> /etc/motd && > /etc/motd.static" - (folkert) - (3)
             Was going to do something similar - (drewk) - (2)
                 Better to put something in there. - (admin) - (1)
                     Good tip, done -NT - (drewk)

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