Comments on: In need some Ubuntu Server Tips.

By: S02E11 – Slipback | Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo team

S02E11 – Slipback | Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo team — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:08:50 +0000

[...] 64-bit Ubuntu, using Gnome Disk Utility, getting Asterisk 1.6 into Karmic and looking for Server Tips [...]

By: Daviey

Daviey — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:02:47 +0000

@jimcooncat Again, funny you should say that. The current roadmap is planning to do it via update-motu, and hopefully drop the copyright information after login to make space.

By: jimcooncat

jimcooncat — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:12:46 +0000

Well, you could use fortune to feed /etc/motd with a fresh random tip.

You might want to check out update-motd, which gives you a nice run-parts directory to drop scripts into.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UpdateMotd

But personally, I don’t care for cron scripts going off every 10 minutes. I’d rather use /etc/ssh/sshrc to run this job, if it didn’t affect login time much.

Also, if users find motd annoying, they can suppress the display of this file by creating a file named .hushlogin in their home directories.

By: Santiago Zarate

Santiago Zarate — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:51:01 +0000

Excelent! actually,i’m joining too …

Will do my best giving tips and workarround for many [un]common tasks i usually do

By: Daviey

Daviey — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:48:18 +0000

@jimcooncat Funny you say that, using the fortune program for this.. but tbh, wish i wasn’t

By: jimcooncat

jimcooncat — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:33:20 +0000

Sounds like a job for the fortune program!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(Unix)

By: Daviey

Daviey — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:57:43 +0000

@Ade Raise a bug, and it’ll go through the review process.

By: Ade Bradshaw

Ade Bradshaw — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:54:04 +0000

Tip #1

Reinstall your server with either Redhat or Centos