The information appears to be being generated twice - two sets of motd headers are created. If one removes the contents of /etc/motd, saves, logs out and logs back into the system via SSH the contents of /etc/motd are regenerated.
Linux azal 2.6.32-27-generic-pae #49-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 00:07:52 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Welcome to Ubuntu! * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ System information as of Fri May 27 22:19:26 BST 2011 System load: 0.23 Processes: 147 Usage of /home: 45.7% of 2.69TB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 19% IP address for eth0: 192.168.1.68 Swap usage: 0% Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/ *** System restart required *** Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Welcome to Ubuntu! * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ System information as of Wed Apr 20 08:15:04 BST 2011 System load: 0.0 Processes: 149 Usage of /home: 41.8% of 2.69TB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 18% IP address for eth0: 192.168.1.68 Swap usage: 0% Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/ *** System restart required *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/766827 Title: motd not updating -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
