ubuntu custom motd

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 03:02:18PM -0500, teddy mills wrote:
> Ubuntu /etc/motd is always overwritten upon reboot.I had to fix this.
> I am sure there is easier ways to do this. as root cd /etc
>
> unlink /etc/motd
> nano /etc/motd-custom <--your permanent MOTD and save
> ln -s /etc/motd-custom /etc/motd

On debian you edit /etc/motd.tail and then it uses that as the base for
/etc/motd (which simpyl adds the kernel version and such to the file).

Of course since /etc/motd is a symlink to /var/run/motd you could simply
change it to a normal file and add whatever you want.  You do not have
to create a new file and symlink to that.

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Len Sorensen
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