Default off would be completely meaningless, then we wouldn't
need to show it
at all. People who know about cockpit.socket don't need to be told that it
exists.
No, you just need to remove /etc/motd.d/cockpit, that's sufficient and
persistent.
I just spent about 1/2 hour trying to figure out the proper way to disable this motd, I
found no documentation other than the above comment.
It's unusual to modify a configuration by deleting installed files.
It's annoying to have administration information on how to use the system in a motd,
by this logic we could have just about every software package that has some sort of API
add a note to the motd on how to access it.
Where's the httpd motd to "Connet to
http://somewhere.com to access your web
page." :-(
Or the ssh motd "Login using ssh on port 22 to host somewhere.com" ;-)
Static information - a message that will not change - should not be in the motd.
Please get rid of this motd.
-- Patrick