topic cat /etc/copyright in Operating System - HP-UX

cat /etc/copyright

Alex Georgiev — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:16:54 GMT

Is it a problem of some sort if I comment out the /etc/copyright line from /etc/profile?

Does HP have an official stance on this?

Thanks in advance!

Re: cat /etc/copyright

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:33:06 GMT

Shalom,

HP has a special police force to knock on your door in the middle of the night to drag you off for questioning and torture.

Seriously, its most likely a violation of your License to Use(LTU) and/or support agreement.

I know of no technical issues from this, just legal.

SEP

Re: cat /etc/copyright

Alex Georgiev — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:43:36 GMT

Actually, I commented out the 'cat /etc/copyright' line and now I can't login as root!

:-) I'm kidding, of course. I'm asking about legal or license issue.

Re: cat /etc/copyright

Robert-Jan Goossens — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:58:00 GMT

Alex,

Title: SYS ADM: preventing copyright information from displaying after login
Document ID: emr_na-c01013009-1

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-c01013009-1

well according to above doc, the advice is to comment out the line "cat /etc/copyright" in the /etc/profile.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: cat /etc/copyright

Robert-Jan Goossens — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:06:43 GMT

a more recent document.

Title: How to shorten the HP copyright message at login
Document ID: emr_na-c00932256-1

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-c00932256-1

and YES it is a breech, but you are allowed to shorten the message. Check the doc for more info.

Regards,
Robert-Jan