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From: paul@whuxp.UUCP (HO)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.uucp
Subject: Re: Adding hushlogin to system V
Message-ID: <119@whuxp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 13:36:55 EST
Article-I.D.: whuxp.119
Posted: Wed Feb 19 13:36:55 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 20-Feb-86 08:08:39 EST
References: <73@fai.UUCP> <287@hropus.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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> > 
> > A trivial fix for system V users that don't have the
> > '.hushlogin' feature.
> > 
> > Briefly, there are cases where the message of the day will
> > screw up uucp transfers.
> >
> 
> SAY WHAT?  I didn't think /etc/profile was EVER run by /usr/lib/uucp/uucico
> under System V...
> -- 
> Jim Webb                                        ihnp4!houxm!hropus!jrw

No kidding. Only the shell runs /etc/profile. Even if /etc/profile
was run, it would check "$0" to see if it is "sh" or "rsh" (or "ksh"),
and if so, then and only then would you get /etc/motd and mail 
notification, etc.

	Paul Ho