"the news server can generate the most relevant message-of-the-day"
So, you promise it's not just going to return the output of GNU fortune over and over? And that the serverside will be hardened against exploitation? PS, do me a favor and make sure it's written in a dynamic scripting language so at least I know y'all have to waste CPU time on every request... Anyway -- I've got to go make sure my containers run this on every login, and update all of my live USB sticks so all six automatic logins on the VTs in the background ends up hitting your motd server. Y'all don't mind if I patch it to send random uptimes between 4 seconds and 4700 years, and claiming to be a ["Tensilica LX6", "Zilog EZ-80", "Microchip Technology Inc. PIC16F874‑04/P", "EpsonS1C60A16"], right? </sarcasm> But seriously -- some comments in the script (actually, your response prefixed with #s would pretty much be spot on) would be appreciated; even if another couple hundred bytes on disk are wasted. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637800 Title: add a motd script for news Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in base-files source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: Add a new update-motd script for printing news and/or important notices. == SRU == [IMPACT] We should add important security messages or other news to the MOTD. [TEST CASE] Login to the system and ensure that the "news" section of the motd is displayed. Note that you might need to force trigger an update by running 'sudo update-motd'. [REGRESSION POTENTIAL] No reasonable regression potential. The script simply prints 2 lines of text to the MOTD. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1637800/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
