From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 1 11:23:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA28128 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:23:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from drmemory.fnal.gov (drmemory.fnal.gov [131.225.105.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA28105 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:22:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rneswold@drmemory.fnal.gov) Received: (from rneswold@localhost) by drmemory.fnal.gov (8.8.8/8.8.6) id NAA02363; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 13:21:41 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980901132141.A2346@drmemory.fnal.gov> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 13:21:41 -0500 From: "Richard M. Neswold" To: Jack Freelander Cc: FreeBSD-Questions List Subject: Re: motd Reply-To: rneswold@mcs.net References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Jack Freelander on Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 12:31:16PM -0400 X-PGP-RSAfprint: 0A C8 A5 76 DF 8E E1 B3 F3 97 BE 73 DA CD 4B C9 X-PGP-RSAkey: http://www.mcs.net/~rneswold/www/pub.key X-Spambot-Food: abuse@localhost postmaster@localhost abuse@fbi.gov Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If memory serves, didn't Jack Freelander say: > After rebooting FreeBSD (3.0 CAM SNAP) the /etc/motd file reverts to some > older version. However, once modified, the new file is displayed until > the server is rebooted, at which point the old version mysteriously > reappears. any ideas? Yep. /etc/rc.local resets the contents of motd during each reboot. -- Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rich Neswold | PGP: 0A C8 A5 76 DF 8E E1 B3 rneswold@mcs.net | F3 97 BE 73 DA CD 4B C9 http://www.mcs.net/~rneswold | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message