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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:16279 comp.unix.questions:61624 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!panix!acinader.dialup.access.net!user From: acinader@panix.com (Arthur Cinader) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: MOTD? (BSDI - Newbie!) Date: 24 Feb 1995 04:21:13 GMT Organization: Working on it Lines: 36 Message-ID: <acinader-2302952323080001@acinader.dialup.access.net> References: <3hok14$s9@panix.com> <3i20ht$7vr@nippur.irb.hr> <3ib6j9$sj@crystal.WonderWorks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.7.7.80 X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b24.0+ In article <3ib6j9$sj@crystal.WonderWorks.com>, kyle@crystal.WonderWorks.com (Kyle Jones) wrote: > > > When I login to my system I get two lines of copywright > > > info. When I login to my i-net providers system, I don't > > > get that. Can I change my system so that it doesn't show me > > > this copywright stuff? Where would it be? I only have the > > > binaries, not the source. > > The notices aren't in /etc/motd, they are in the login binary. % whereis login login: /usr/ucb/login /usr/bin/login /usr/share/man/man1/login.1 I believe that there are two seperate login files because an "ls -l" doesn't show either file as being a link. /usr/ucb/ isn't even in my path, so I will try to edit /usr/bin/login. > If you have source, recompile without the notices. I don't have the source. > Otherwise, edit the binary with Emacs I don't emacs. Vi ok? > and replace the first char of each offending string with a NUL. Remember, > replace NOT insert. Up until here, I was with you. What is NULL? Or more precisely, how do I represent NULL on my keyboard so I can replace that first chracter with it? Thanks Arthur