[Bug 805423] Re: pam_motd performance problems

2011-07-07 Thread Steve Langasek
** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix => Triaged ** Summary changed: - pam_motd performance problems + pam_motd needs a module option to disable in-line dynamic updates ** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Tags added: bitesize -- You received this b

[Bug 805423] Re: pam_motd performance problems

2011-07-07 Thread Steve Langasek
> We would like to have an option to run the cronjobs again. Well, you could install a cronjob by hand, which is what you would need to do anyway (we're not going to ship a disabled cron job in the package). The harder part is making pam_motd not call run-parts itself in-line. You could achieve

[Bug 805423] Re: pam_motd performance problems

2011-07-07 Thread Jan K.
Hi, i understand that you dont want to change the default. However i thing the motd is really useful, because its pointing you to updates etc. So disabling is rather a hack. We would like to have an option to run the cronjobs again. This should be clearly optional. Current behaviour is problemati

[Bug 805423] Re: pam_motd performance problems

2011-07-07 Thread Steve Langasek
Thank you for reporting this issue and helping to improve Ubuntu. I understand your concern about the performance impact; however, we are not going to change the default behavior of pam_motd in Ubuntu. There is consensus that the dynamic motd should be enabled by default, and the current behavior