Update motd without reinstalling

[Heisath]

Hi,

 

sometimes we change the layout / text which is shown in MOTD, example:

Armbian 19.11.7 Buster ttyS0

clearfogpro login: root
Password:
Last login: Tue Jan 14 11:27:45 UTC 2020 from 192.168.1.11 on pts/0
  ____ _                  __               ____
 / ___| | ___  __ _ _ __ / _| ___   __ _  |  _ \ _ __ ___
| |   | |/ _ \/ _` | '__| |_ / _ \ / _` | | |_) | '__/ _ \
| |___| |  __/ (_| | |  |  _| (_) | (_| | |  __/| | | (_) |
 \____|_|\___|\__,_|_|  |_|  \___/ \__, | |_|   |_|  \___/
                                   |___/
Welcome to Armbian buster with Linux 4.19.95-mvebu

System load:   1.96 0.71 0.25   Up time:       1 min
Memory usage:  8 % of 1001MB    IP:            192.168.1.39
CPU temp:      37°C
Usage of /:    12% of 29G


root@clearfogpro:~# cat /etc/armbian
armbian-image-release  armbian-release
armbianmonitor/        armbian.txt
root@clearfogpro:~# cat /etc/armbian-release
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
BOARD=clearfogpro
BOARD_NAME="Clearfog Pro"
BOARDFAMILY=mvebu
BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build
BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=ae1737ee
DISTRIBUTION_CODENAME=buster
DISTRIBUTION_STATUS=supported
VERSION=19.11.8
LINUXFAMILY=mvebu
BRANCH=current
ARCH=arm
IMAGE_TYPE=user-built
BOARD_TYPE=conf
INITRD_ARCH=arm
KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image
root@clearfogpro:~#

vs.

login as: root
root@cfp-router.clearfog.home's password:
  ____ _                  __               ____
 / ___| | ___  __ _ _ __ / _| ___   __ _  |  _ \ _ __ ___
| |   | |/ _ \/ _` | '__| |_ / _ \ / _` | | |_) | '__/ _ \
| |___| |  __/ (_| | |  |  _| (_) | (_| | |  __/| | | (_) |
 \____|_|\___|\__,_|_|  |_|  \___/ \__, | |_|   |_|  \___/
                                   |___/
Welcome to Debian Buster with Armbian Linux 4.19.95-mvebu
System load:   0.06 0.12 0.09   Up time:       22:41 hours
Memory usage:  34 % of 1002MB   Zram usage:    6 % of 501Mb     IP:            1                                    92.168.1.3
CPU temp:      50°C             Ambient temp:  25°C
Usage of /:    7% of 459G

[ General system configuration (beta): armbian-config ]

Last login: Wed Jan 15 14:02:07 2020 from 192.168.1.11

root@cfp-router:~# cat /etc/armbian-release
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
BOARD=clearfogpro
BOARD_NAME="Clearfog Pro"
BOARDFAMILY=mvebu
BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build
BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=e261c6f8
VERSION=5.91
LINUXFAMILY=mvebu
BRANCH=default
ARCH=arm
IMAGE_TYPE=stable
BOARD_TYPE=conf
INITRD_ARCH=arm
KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=zImage
root@cfp-router:~#

 

If you compare the welcome messages you will see, that there are some tiny differences. Both install run the same kernel (updated to that with self-built debs).

Additionally the armbian-release does not seem to update.

 

I assume this is normal behaviour, because when updating the system via apt-upgrade (or dpkg with new debs) the rootfs does not get updated. Is there a way to fix/update this? Or just copy the files from a generated full img?

 

Regards,

count-doku 

[Tido]

On 1/15/2020 at 5:43 PM, Heisath said:

the rootfs does not get updated. Is there a way to fix/update this?

I guess you downloaded in between another image and so you got the new MOTD. To bring stability into armbian, updating the whole system was stopped about 2 years ago. If you want bleeding edge and risk system instability go to armbian-config and turn on to receive latest updates, IIRC it is nightly.

 

I found your message, because I want to pimp the https://forum.armbian.com/topic/13538-ssh-welcome-message/ . So, you may already found the answer yourself in the meantime

 

[Heisath]

Well thanks for the (late) reply. I fixed this in between, somehow my apt got detached and did not update the rootfs package.