By design, the cache file, /var/cache/motd-news, should be populated in the background by a systemd timer that runs roughly once a day.
If that file is populated, then there should be zero impact on login. Perhaps the background cache population should create an empty file, if it can't reach the $URL? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691901 Title: 50-motd-news costs 5 seconds every login on firewalled systems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1691901/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
