Hi,
Attached is a small patch which allows users to disable the MOTD
updating altogether in a straightforward way - by replacing it with a
real file or symlink pointing somewhere else.
Note that the SELinux policy currently probably (and probably will
always, unless you implement #437176, splitting the motd updating out
into a separate script!) will break MOTD updating anyway.
So with this patch, all the user would need to to is to replace the motd
file with a static version.
best regards,
Erich Schubert
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--- /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh 2008-01-01 10:26:05.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/bootmisc.sh 2008-02-07 16:25:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@
fi
# Update motd
- uname -snrvm > /var/run/motd
- [ -f /etc/motd.tail ] && cat /etc/motd.tail >> /var/run/motd
+ if [ -L /etc/motd -a "$(readlink /etc/motd)" = "/var/run/motd" ]; then
+ uname -snrvm > /var/run/motd
+ [ -f /etc/motd.tail ] && cat /etc/motd.tail >> /var/run/motd
+ fi
# Save kernel messages in /var/log/dmesg
if which dmesg >/dev/null 2>&1
