motd update
Robert Garrett
rg70 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Jan 31 16:12:29 PST 2004
Dylan Reinhold wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
>> :
>> :> ? It works for me. If you want to augment it to not update the
>> :> motd if the motd does not already have a DragonFly line I think
>> :> that's fine, but don't just turn it off.
>> :
>> :I don't see why the uname output should be in motd. Every sysadmin out
>> :there knows how to use uname if they want to see what OS/version its
>> :running.
>>
>> The solution is clear... the code should be adjusted such that if
>> there is a DragonFly release string in the motd, the boot code
>> adjusts it, and if there is no DragonFly release string in the motd,
>> the boot code doesn't mess with it.
>>
>> The default motd has a DragonFly release string so insofar as new
>> installs go, the motd will have the release. But if the sysop
>> doesn't like it he can just delete it from the motd without messing
>> with rc.conf.
>>
>> Would someone like to have a go at 'fixing' /etc/rc.d/motd to
>> generate this behavior?
>>
>> -Matt
>> Matthew Dillon
>> <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ok here it is...
> This was only tested on a FreeBSD-5.2 system, I haven't had a chance to
> install DragonFly (Soon..). /etc/motd will only be updated if the first
> work of the first line is DragonFly..
>
> Dylan
I'll check this out sometime tonight..
Rob
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