Question
How to restore the DigitalOcean MOTD?
- Posted on July 29, 2018
- Initial Server SetupUbuntu 16.04
Asked by insanityfarm
I backed up /etc/bash.bashrc and made some changes to it, then I decided to revert to my backup version. For some reason now the default DigitalOcean MOTD no longer appears when I login. I always liked that message and want to restore it but I’m not sure where to begin. Since the original /etc/bash.bashrc is back in place, I don’t know what could be different.
It looks like all the original scripts are still in place in /etc/update-motd.d/, I just don’t know the proper way to run them at login.
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Hello, @insanityfarm
I believe this question was already asked in our community and you can check the other question using this link - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/message-of-the-day-motd-not-displayed
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Is the MOTD displayed when you log in through the remote console? Make sure that your sshd config allows the MOTD to be shown on login:
Don’t forget to restart the ssh server/daemon after modifying the config file:
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Regards, Alex