Robert Bowles (rbowles@op.net)
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:05:29 -0400
Please disregard this post.
Removing 'redhat-release' seems to break linuxconf...
On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 03:47:09PM -0500, Robert Bowles wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 11:52:54AM -0800, Durham, Kenneth J wrote:
> >
> > do you know how i could keep from rc.local recreating the file so that it
> > will stay the way that i have modified it to?
>
> 1. Editing '/etc/rc.local' works, but only until you upgrade initscripts.
> 2. rc.local only squashes '/etc/issue' if '/etc/redhat-release' exists.
> 3. '/etc/redhat-release' comes from the redhat-release package, which
> only contains this file.
>
> If you want to preserve your '/etc/issue' _without_ modifying any
> "system executables", remove the offending redhat-release package
> by doing a "rpm -e redhat-release".
>
> No "normal" RH packages depend on redhat-release, so its safe to remove.
> The one exception I've come across that requires it is KDE.
> If you need redhat-release in your package database, you can
> install the package _without_ the files by doing a:
> 'rpm -U --justdb [filename]'
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cornelius Creedon [mailto:neil@box1.staller.sunysb.edu]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 1999 11:46 AM
> > To: 'redhat alpha mailing list'
> > Subject: Re: Changing init files
> >
> >
> >
> > indeed. /etc/rc.d/rc.local creates the file /etc/issue
> >
> > -cc
> >
> > On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Durham, Kenneth J wrote:
> >
> > > I was trying to change the etc/issue file. what people see now is
> > > Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo)
> > > Kernel 2.0.35 on an alpha
> > > i wanted to change the apollo to my servername. I do that but as soon as
> > i
> > > do a reboot it goes back to normal. can someone help me to configure this
> > to
> > > stay. Is it something in the boot up that changes it back to its original
> > > form? thank you for all your help
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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