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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: How to prevent motd including os info
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Patrick MacKeown wrote:

> Please would somebody tell me how to prevent motd including the OS version
> and the kernel name. On my 3.2 box editing the lines out of /etc/motd just
> leads to them being replaced

Set update_motd="NO" in rc.conf, and it will be left alone.

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