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It seems to me that the cited motd(5) manpage cleanly states that breaking the /etc/motd symlink is what you should do if you want to manage it's contents yours
by dfox 10y ago
It seems to me that the cited motd(5) manpage cleanly states that breaking the /etc/motd symlink is what you should do if you want to manage it's contents yourself.
- the_mitsuhiko 10y agoWhere does it say that?
- dfox 10y agoIt seems to be somehow cut off, but: On Debian GNU/Linux this file is a symbolic link pointing to /var/run. The contents of this file are regenerated upon every system boot based on the contents of /etc/motd.tail.
- prodigal_erik 10y agoWhat it clearly states is that the symlink is expected to exist, with no assurance that something sane will happen if it doesn't.