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| ===== General Customization ===== | ===== General Customization ===== | ||
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| ==== motd ==== | ==== motd ==== | ||
| - | Replace symbolic link from ''/etc/motd'' to ''/var/run/motd'' with a file that has the information we want. | + | On Debian, you can't edit ''/etc/motd'' directly and expect it to stay |
| + | because ''/etc/motd'' is just a symbolic link to ''/var/run/motd'' and the | ||
| + | symbolic link is likely to be recreated by future patches from Debian. | ||
| + | ''/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh'' rebuilds ''/var/run/motd'' on every reboot, using | ||
| + | /etc/motd.tail. So to make a permanent change on Debian systems, | ||
| + | edit ''/etc/motd.tail'', instead of ''/etc/motd'', to put in the information we want. | ||
| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | mv /etc/motd /etc/motd.orig | + | mv /etc/motd.tail /etc/motd.tail.orig |
| - | cat > /etc/motd << EOD | + | cat > /etc/motd.tail << EOD |
| ******************************************************************************* | ******************************************************************************* | ||
| * St. Louis UNIX Users Group XXXXXXXX server running Debian Etch * | * St. Louis UNIX Users Group XXXXXXXX server running Debian Etch * | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | Edit the new motd to fill in the server name and change anything needed to match this syste. | + | Edit the new ''/etc/motd.tail'' to fill in the server name and change anything needed to match this system. |
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| + | To make the change to ''/var/run/motd'' without a reboot, do the same thing that | ||
| + | ''/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh'' does: | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | uname -snrvm > /var/run/motd | ||
| + | cat /etc/motd.tail >> /var/run/motd | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| ==== issue ==== | ==== issue ==== | ||
build/misc.txt · Last modified: 2011/05/21 10:11 by SLUUG Administration
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