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From: jfs@ih1ap.UUCP (Jesse Fred Shumway)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Cron, /etc/motd & cronlog (SV)
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 11:47:43 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 11:47:43 1985
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> The message of the day ("/etc/motd") is printed in the cronlog file every
> time an "su - user -c command" is executed by cron.  Does anyone know how
> to supress the "printing" of /etc/motd when using the "-" option to su?
> It would make the cronlog smaller and more easily read.  We use Uniplus+
> System V.

I assume that if "user" has mail that fact is also noted in the
cronlog. 

The problem probably resides in /etc/profile; which should check $0
to see if it was invoked as "-su" or "-sh|-rsh". Only in the latter
case should it cat /etc/motd and announce that mail is present.
Check your original distribution and if it doesn't do this you
might call the Uniplus+ people and ask why they so gracelessly
munged /etc/profile. Or, maybe /bin/su isn't changing $0 to "-su".

Jesse Fred Shumway 	AT&T-NS 	(312) 510-7880