This isn't really a bug, but an undocumented feature.
In 4.1bsd, if you create a file named .hushlogin in a user's home
directory, that user won't see the message of the day (/etc/motd).
If your motd is long, or even if it isn't, you may want to create
such a file in uucp's home directory. This will save a bit of
time, both cpu and connect. It will also save you some embarassment
if you happen to put the phrase "Shere" in your /etc/motd.
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Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
2500 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90406
(213)820-4111 x5449
...{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdccsu3,trw-unix}!sdcrdcf!darrelj
VAN...@USC-ECL.ARPA
--
From behind the bar at Callahan's: Chuq Von Rospach
{fortune,menlo70}!nsc!chuqui
You are false data; therefore I shall ignore you. False data can act only
as a distraction; therefore I shall refuse to perceive you. - Bomb #20
We did something similar to that here. A person can have a .motd file
which can contain one of "never", "always", "new", or "daily". Pretty
much self explainitory, but they are very usefull.
-barry
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Barry Evans {apollo, cadmus, decvax, linus, masscomp}!wivax!evans
Wang Institute (617) 649-9731 x383
IT is in 4.2BSD as well.
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From the Tardis of Mark Callow
m...@qubix.UUCP, decwrl!qubix!m...@Berkeley.ARPA
...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!qubix!msc, ...{ittvax,amd70}!qubix!msc