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# 1  
Old 09-28-2015
Rsync - hot to omit MOTD/banners
I'm working on an rsync script and I'd like it to omit the MOTD banners and NOT output them to the file. I tried the --no-motd argument in the command but for some reason the MOTD still continues to appear. Can anyone advise?
# 2  
Old 09-28-2015
Not output them to what file?
# 3  
Old 09-28-2015
Code:
#/bin/bash

command="rsync -ahvz -e ssh --delete --no-motd"
NOW=`date +%Y%m%d`
#OUTPUT=

# Command       Source Dir                              Dest Dir                                        Output
# -------       ----------                              ---------                                       -------

$command        /data/newfiles/jf-logs/                 sdc-mgmt-sr:/data/oldfiles/fj-logs/            >> /data/rsyslog/logs/rsync.log.$NOW 2>&1

Last edited by Corona688; 09-28-2015 at 01:31 PM..
# 4  
Old 09-28-2015
it may be sshd banner, not motd.

Code:
$ ssh server1 date
Internal System. Unauthorized access is prohibited.
Mon Sep 28 17:58:16 CEST 2015

vs.

Code:
$ ssh server1 date 2>/dev/null
Mon Sep 28 17:58:20 CEST 2015

# 5  
Old 09-28-2015
ok how do you supress the ssd banner then instead? think that is probably it
# 6  
Old 09-28-2015
You can ask the sysadmins to put a test in to see if the process is a batch process, rather than an interactive process and to only show the message when the process is interactive. As far as I know, doing an rsync is considered a batch process on the server that it is connecting to.
# 7  
Old 09-28-2015
I would expect an ssh banner to go to stderr, not stdout, I'm surprised >> is able to capture it. You could try --msgs2stderr but I suspect that will send more to stderr than you wanted.

Completely avoiding the ssh motd is difficult, that's something that's determined server side, not client side.
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