[Bug 275273] /etc/motd

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Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:02:02 UTC 
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275273

            Bug ID: 275273
           Summary: /etc/motd
           Product: Base System
           Version: 14.0-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: misc
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: dan@sunsaturn.com

/etc/motd is overwritten now anytime a system administrator edits the file.

/etc/motd is currently a sym link to /var/run/motd. Currently way things work,
/etc/motd.template is used along with a freebsd header everytime 
service motd restart is run or a reboot occurs, effectively killing anything
added to /etc/motd.

A fix would be "rm /etc/motd; ln -s /etc/motd.template /etc/motd"

There is no reason for /etc/motd to do a useless symlink to /var/run/motd just
for changes to be overwritten, when it would be way better if the link was made
to /etc/motd.template instead so the system administrators changes are not lost
between reboots etc.

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