On 04/06/2017 07:09 AM, Dan wrote: > On Sun, 2 Apr 2017, Dan wrote: > >> Yesterday, I accidentally (as part of a more general yum install >> invocation with some wildcards in it) ran: >> yum install fermilab-conf_doe-banner-console >> This wrote a passage of text to /etc/motd, causing a vaguely >> threatening message, purporting to constitute a legally-binding >> contract, to appear on screen at boot time. >> However, subsequently running >> yum remove fermilab-conf_doe-banner-console >> does not remove the passage of text from /etc/motd, and does not stop >> the message from appearing at boot time. > > Well, thanks to Pat's swift production of a new version of > fermilab-conf_doe-banner-console (followed by another cycle of yum > install and yum remove by me), the text has now been deleted from > /etc/motd. > > Unfortunately, the threatening-sounding message is still appearing at > boot time. Digging a little deeper, I think this may be because > > yum install fermilab-conf_doe-banner-login-screen > > writes the relevant text into > </usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled>, and a subsequent > > yum remove fermilab-conf_doe-banner-login-screen > > doesn't remove the text from that file. Pat, I think you're the > maintainer of that package too, right? Any chance of a similar fix > there, please? > I'll take a look! Pat