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/etc/motd displays twice
Name: rollinscf Date: July 6, 2006 at 07:25:13 Pacific OS: 5.8 CPU/Ram: n/a Product: E3500
Comment:
Does anyone know why the /etc/motd message displays twice?
******************************************** * RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED USERS ONLY.* ******************************************** ******************************************** * RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED USERS ONLY.* ********************************************
Name: nails Date: July 6, 2006 at 07:43:56 Pacific
Reply:
'motd' stands for 'message of the day'. It can be changed by anybody with root privileges.
So, to answer your question: It's this way because the administrator decided that's what they wanted. I'd change it to something more meaningful to your organization.
Summary: When I submit a print job, there is a 30 seconds delay between the issue of print command (e.g. lpr /etc/motd) and the start of printing. Checking the /var/adm/<print queue>.log, it does not even h...
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