topic Re: /etc/motd appears twice during ssh login in Operating System - Linux

/etc/motd appears twice during ssh login

Mickey Wilson — Tue, 07 Jan 2003 14:02:53 GMT

This is a debian 2.4 kernel box that my friends and I use for ftping school projects around. When anyone logs into the machine via SSH, the motd appears like so:

[Message of the day]
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Last login: Mon Jan 6 20:34:06 2003 from 10.0.0.50
[Message of the day]

I checked /etc/ssh/sshd_config and PrintMotd is set to no and commented out. Also, I check /etc/profile, and there's nothing in there that would cause it to print twice. I'm not sure where to go from here.

I appreciate any help you can offer.

Re: /etc/motd appears twice during ssh login

Mark Fenton — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 01:10:50 GMT

uncomment the entry and restart sshd.

By default, sshd will display the motd, unless told not to.

Re: /etc/motd appears twice during ssh login

Mickey Wilson — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 15:52:31 GMT

I uncommented the entry, with no result. Good to know, though.

Re: /etc/motd appears twice during ssh login

Robert Thorneycroft — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 17:48:03 GMT

Did you restart after following above advice. You need to restart sshd after you make any change for the change to take effect.

Kind regards,

Robert Thorneycroft

Re: /etc/motd appears twice during ssh login

Mickey Wilson — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 20:25:26 GMT

Worked. Thank you much.