(as is printing out a version number at the telnet login banner).
Don't print out /etc/motd when people login, instead if present,
print out /etc/ftpmotd. It looks like 4.4lite2 has done something similar
(perhaps for different reasons) because /etc/motd no longer shows up
on vangogh.
Folks who like the old behavior can create a symbolic link to motd.
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