root# cat /etc/cron.d/update-motd
# /etc/cron.d/update-motd: crontab fragment for update-motd
#
# THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, YOU SHOULD NOT EDIT DIRECTLY.
#
# To change, use:
# dpkg-reconfigure update-motd
#
# This updates the /etc/motd with a concatenation of output from each
# script in /etc/update-motd.d
*/10 * * * * root /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null
root# /usr/sbin/update-motd
update-motd is disabled. You can run:
* update-motd --force
* service update-motd start
* dpkg-reconfigure update-motd
This might explain why the value hasnt change!
Why didnt the cron get enabled?
root# cat /etc/cron. d/update- motd d/update- motd: crontab fragment for update-motd
# /etc/cron.
#
# THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, YOU SHOULD NOT EDIT DIRECTLY.
#
# To change, use:
# dpkg-reconfigure update-motd
#
# This updates the /etc/motd with a concatenation of output from each
# script in /etc/update-motd.d
*/10 * * * * root /usr/sbin/ update- motd 2>/dev/null update- motd
root# /usr/sbin/
update-motd is disabled. You can run:
* update-motd --force
* service update-motd start
* dpkg-reconfigure update-motd
This might explain why the value hasnt change!
Why didnt the cron get enabled?