Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:55:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Andrew R. Reiter" <arr@watson.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Alex <theawel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD showing version number upon login Message-ID: <20060209115531.F74364@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20060209081032.GA72288@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <aa8567bf0602082329u766e860dy8b7c64c04cbccb25@mail.gmail.com> <20060209081032.GA72288@xor.obsecurity.org>
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I don't think that response helps anyone :-) On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: :On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:29:25AM -0500, Alex wrote: :> I just installed a fresh copy of freebsd 6.0. I went on to try to remove the :> version number that appears before your MOTD and I had no luck. I first :> tried making a COPYRIGHT file in /etc(with touch COPYRIGHT) and adding :> update_motd="NO" to rc.conf and rebooted and that did nothing, it still :> showed up. I even went so far as to comment out the copyright statement in :> login.conf and rebuilt the DB but it still showed up. I also went to :> /etc/default/rc.conf and changed the default update_motd="YES" to no and :> rebooted and still it kept showing up. I am at wits end here..... anyone :> have any ideas? Am I missing something here? : :IMO, the real question is "why are you trying to hide it"..that :information is available in lots of ways. : :Kris : -- arr@watson.org
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