Public bug reported: Starting a few days ago, all of my 10.04.4 servers ceased printing the MOTD when I SSH'd into them. /etc/motd is a symlink to /var/run/motd which doesn't exist. /var/run/motd.new is being created correctly on each login, e.g.:
Linux <hostname> 2.6.32-39-generic-pae #86-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 13 23:05:11 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Welcome to Ubuntu! * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ System information as of Wed Mar 7 10:11:33 PST 2012 System load: 0.08 Processes: 109 Usage of /: 45.4% of 362.86GB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 10% IP address for eth0: <addr> Swap usage: 0% IP address for vboxnet0: <addr> Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/ 0 packages can be updated. 0 updates are security updates. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: libpam-modules 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-39.86-generic-pae 2.6.32.56+drm33.22 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-39-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Mar 7 10:06:23 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.2) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: pam ** Affects: pam (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/949256 Title: /var/run/motd is not created even though /var/run/motd.new is created To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/949256/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
