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Operating Systems Linux Motd Post 302103450 by Radar on Thursday 18th of January 2007 12:34:52 PM
Old 01-18-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by BOFH
In which login startup script is the motd displayed?

the contents of /etc/motd are displayed by the login binary:
Code:
[root@UW-GOODRICHWE ~]# strings -f /bin/login | grep motd
/bin/login: /etc/motd

 

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