Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site drivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!orion!caelum!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!hplabs!amdahl!drivax!alan From: alan@drivax.UUCP (Alan Fargusson) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Cron, /etc/motd & cronlog (SV) Message-ID: <162@drivax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 02:02:38 EDT Article-I.D.: drivax.162 Posted: Sun Jun 23 02:02:38 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 06:36:22 EDT References: <168@megad.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Digital Research, Monterey, CA Lines: 28 > 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. > tanks, On our system /etc/profile has the following: -sh | -rsh) trap : 1 2 3 cat /etc/motd . . . ;; -su) : ;; esac trap 1 2 3 I think that this is basicly the way AT&T distributed it. -- Alan Fargusson. { ihnp4, amdahl, mot }!drivax!alan