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+title: Silencing SSH Login and MOTD on Raspberry Pi
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+I was trying to do a simple transfer with rsync (via ssh) and ran into an issue. I remember seeing "error 2" and "Is your shell clean?"
+
+How did my shell get dirty?
+
+After a brief search I found that any kind of MOTD or printed login information would be bad for rsync. In other words, rsync expects to receive *nothing* when accessing a remote system and MOTD and friends would give it *something*.
+
+To remove everything (this was on a fresh install of Raspbian Bookworm):
+
+```bash
+# the nuclear option
+
+# delete MOTD
+sudo rm /etc/motd
+
+# delete the dynamic MOTD script for uname
+sudo rm /etc/update_motd.d/10-uname
+
+# silence anything else with this hidden file in $HOME
+touch ~/.hushlogin
+```