Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:52:38 +0100 From: Frank Altpeter <frank.altpeter@gmail.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>, alex <theawel@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD showing version number upon login Message-ID: <e367ea100602090652x48c77970na1a4bd35f322bba0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4730.1139485457@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <e367ea100602090316s3352395ibc8801604b06ddda@mail.gmail.com> <4730.1139485457@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 2/9/06, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> >> There has got to be an easy way to delete that line!
> >Uhm... "rm /etc/motd" ?
>
> Uhm, "uname -a" ?
>
> Uhm "echo __FreeBSD_cc_version | cpp -E" ?
>
> Uhm "strings /bin/cat | grep -i freebsd" ?
>
> Thinking that you can hide from a user what operating system he
> is running on, you are seriously deluded...
That wasn't the question. The question was "how to suppress this line
on login", and for that, removing the /etc/motd is one of the many
ways to archive this result. Thanks for doing the parrot on my
response.
--
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Frank Altpeter
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I don't think that this is a coincidence.
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