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From: lubich@ethz.UUCP (Hannes Lubich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Suppressing the message of the day.
Message-ID: <91@bernina.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-May-87 02:19:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: bernina.91
Posted: Mon May 18 02:19:49 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 19-May-87 04:19:38 EDT
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Reply-To: lubich@bernina.UUCP (Hannes Lubich)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
Lines: 18

Rahul,
to just skip the /etc/motd file on all 4.x machines (as you propose)
isn't a sensible solution. At my site, for instance, motd contains
data that is updated every day (level, date and time of the last
dump,...). It can also be used to announce meetings for research groups
using the vcal/lcal utility posted to the net some time ago.

So the problem is the bad usage of motd, not it's existance.

Regards

	--Hannes

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