Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site luke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!hplabs!oliveb!bene!luke!sml From: sml@luke.UUCP (Steven List) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Cron, /etc/motd & cronlog (SV) Message-ID: <247@luke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 16:07:04 EDT Article-I.D.: luke.247 Posted: Mon Jun 24 16:07:04 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 07:06:25 EDT References: <168@megad.UUCP> Reply-To: sml@luke.UUCP (Steven List) Distribution: net Organization: Uncle Bene's Farm Lines: 15 Summary: In article <168@megad.UUCP> seth@megad.UUCP (Seth H Zirin) writes: >The message of the day ("/etc/motd") is printed in the cronlog file every >time an "su - user -c command" is executed by cron. Does anyone know how >to supress the "printing" of /etc/motd when using the "-" option to su? >It would make the cronlog smaller and more easily read. We use Uniplus+ >System V. The appearance of the message of the day is caused by the execution of the user's .profile or the system /etc/cshprofile. The first question is: Is it essential to use the `-' option to su? If it is essential, you will need to set up some kind of trigger to allow you to conditionally ignore that part of the initialization sequence. One alternative is to set up an alternate user name (nameX), and use the alternate user name in crontab. Then you can include the appropriate conditional code in .profile or /etc/cshprofile.