The motd message was somehow placed into /etc/motd.tail which is added to the end of /etc/motd with a cat append command if the /etc/motd.tail file exists. This duplicates the bulk of the standard message and in my case a second erroneous message saying updates are waiting to be installed.
The motd message was somehow placed into /etc/motd.tail which is added to the end of /etc/motd with a cat append command if the /etc/motd.tail file exists. This duplicates the bulk of the standard message and in my case a second erroneous message saying updates are waiting to be installed.