It seems that both the /etc/issue file as well as the /etc/update-motd.d/50-pistar-motd files instantiate the wrong domain name. They (for some reason) have ".local" hard coded there within, but my pi-star has a real domain name which can be displayed with the domainname command. Is there a way this can fixed in the future so that files that display the domain name get it right instead of presuming ".local" which is wrong for my network?
I'd recommend changing ".local" to "$(domainname)" in the 50-pistar-motd file at minimum, and then seeing how to propagate that out to /etc/issue as well.
My father always used to say, never assume and we all know why. However, if you presume you ought to be fine!
