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Why does my /etc/motd file get overwritten when I modified it?

April 26, 2017file modified motd overwritten

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Why does my /etc/motd file get overwritten when I modified it?

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The /etc/motd file is edited upon every boot of the system, replacing everything up to, but not including, the first blank line with the system’s kernel version information. When editing this file, make sure that you start after this blank line, to keep /etc/rc from deleting these lines when it edits /etc/motd upon boot.