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No, you don't need your own etc directory, you should again get rid of it: /etc is a top-system-level directory where control files are kept, like hosts (the other machines on your network that your...

You're not copying the /etc/motd file, because you do not have one. That is now clear. I recommend you

$ cd
$ rm -rf ~/etc ~/motd # NOT /etc!

create an /etc/motd file (or get someone to do...

You didn't do the "ls -l /etc/motd" to show me it's there. You DO have an empty /motd, but it's in the wrong place, ie: NOT in /etc

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I'd like to see the results of a pwd when you're in the test directory.
I'm confused by your prompts. Please issue the following commands:
$ ls -l /etc/motd
$ cd ~
$ mkdir test
$ cd test
$ cp...

A little googling ("identd on solaris 11") indicates it's been an unresolved issue for over two years. Guess Oracle isn't interested. You may have to build a linux box and run one of the many...

You say you don't have
date -d
Do you have the date command without the -d option? If you do, something like

$ date "+%Y"
2015
$
does the trick on my system. "man date" and search for...

Just an obnoxious question: are you forced to use this obsolete version of RH? My first remark would be, unfortunately, to upgrade the install so you have access to the latest versions of the...

Why use the AWK, which, BTW, is a terrific language? It does have some overhead/startup costs. I just pegged myself as a 300Mhz P3 user, didn't I? :)
$ ls -l *.root
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mhofer mhofer 0...