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Avoid hard drives spinning up by SSH Login

The script /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-fsck-at-reboot scans all drives to show in welcome message (motd) which of them will be checked for errors at the next reboot.

#!/bin/sh
# Authors:
#   Mads Chr. Olesen <mads@mchro.dk>
#   Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>
set -e

# poor mans force
if [ "$1" = "--force" ]; then
    NEEDS_FSCK_CHECK=yes
#>>>2019-10-11 Frank Wulf
# Exit script as otherwise it spins up hard drives during login
else
    exit 0
#<<<2019-10-11 Frank Wulf
fi
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