2/17 It was only 1 line of perl to reverse the motd back. Isn't it a
squishable offense to run scripts over the motd?
\_ not since paolo (then CSUA president) did it. -tom
\_ Was he impeached?
\_ no, the politburo totally ignored it.
\_ if it were, then you wouldn't be allowed to use 1 line of perl to
change it back. what if the original offender didn't use a script?
what if he used a text editor that had some "reverse everything"
command? where do you draw the line? what if he changed it all
manually?
\_ I think both you and the OP need to reread the csua FAQ.
\_ I just read it. Does this mean that if my political motd
rant keeps disappearing, I can mail root and ask them
to squish the remover if they've done it three times?
\_ no because we don't agree with your politics so you have
no right to any form of free expression. only people who
agree with us have that right.
\_ My mistake. That user policy rule seems to imply
that you need to nuke the whole motd, not just portions.
Selective deletion, by script or manually, should be
fine.
\_ what if the moon were made of cheese? what if it rains kittens
and puppies instead of water? what if god got hir position
through affirmative action and the peter principle? what if
the silver lining around clouds was really made of silver?
\_ One line of csh command:
co -p ~mehlhaff/tmp/motd,v | comm -13 /etc/motd.official - >
/etc/motd.public
\_ It's not the same. Not nearly as fun. And certainly not
portable to other motd based systems.
\_ It's a squishable offense to have a script automatically run
on the motd. Well, it was, back in the Second Age, when I was
young. -geordan
\_ geordan, you're still young. --erikred |
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