[Bug 291649] COPYRIGHT in login classes/login.conf(5) does not work

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:20:26 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=291649

            Bug ID: 291649
           Summary: COPYRIGHT in login classes/login.conf(5) does not work
           Product: Base System
           Version: 15.0-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: conf
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: yklaxds@gmail.com

Created attachment 266176
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login

The copyright in login.conf(5) does not take effect.

According to 
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/d6719cfbe106665cad6c5cbaaead92c343523741
, users need to manually copy /COPYRIGHT to /etc/, since /etc/COPYRIGHT does
not exist by default. However, after I copied it manually, the contents of
COPYRIGHT did not appear either before or after login. I suspect interference
from the motd service, but disabling motd still did not make the COPYRIGHT text
appear. My system is a fresh installation of 15.0-RELEASE. No third-party
software has been installed, and this applies to both the root user and the
user I created, ykla. Additionally, there is no .hushlogin file in their home
directories that would prevent display. I believe this might be a bug.

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