[Bug 1694730] Re: /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news calls home on each ssh connection

[Dustin Kirkland ]

Hi there.  By design, it does not fetch motd.ubuntu.com with every ssh
session.

Rather, there's a systemd timer that runs, asynchronously once about a
minute after boot, and then every 12 hours (plus/minus a random interval
up to an hour).  That systemd timer updates a cache file,
/var/cache/motd, in the background.

At login, it just concatenates the /var/cache/motd file.

Note that it's easy to disable, or change to a different MOTD server, by
editing /etc/default/motd-news.

** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Opinion

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Title:
  /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news calls home on each ssh connection

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  This happens since Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty)

  Why is /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news hitting https://motd.ubuntu.com
  each time I create a SSH connection?

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