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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!brasil.moneng.mei.com!not-for-mail From: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Why does /etc/rc.local rebuilds /etc/motd ? Date: 30 Dec 1994 04:23:09 -0600 Organization: Marquette Electronics, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3e0n2d$7se@brasil.moneng.mei.com> References: <D1Fz4z.6s@luva.lb.bawue.de> <3dqhvk$5ej@agate.berkeley.edu> <3dspru$nne@news.simplex.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: brasil.moneng.mei.com In comp.os.386bsd.questions article <3dspru$nne@news.simplex.nl>, rob@Simplex.NL (Rob Simons) wrote: : ...[about /etc/motd being rebuilt on reboots]... :Btw, is that fixed in 2.0 now ? To fix something implies that it's a bug. :-) A real example of a bug is SunOS, where /etc/motd comes up 0666 by default, instead of 0644. There's actually a "chmod 666 /etc/motd" in their /etc/rc.local... geez. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847