For reference, 2 ways to disable this: a.) disable motd entirely sudo sed -i '/^[^#].*pam_motd/s/^/#/' /etc/pam.d/sshd
b.) disable 50-motd-news sudo chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691901 Title: 50-motd-news costs 5 seconds every login on firewalled systems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1691901/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
