On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 02:08:11PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > I would like to display a message before users logon to my machine. I have the > message in /etc/motd and /etc/issue. If I come in through a "terminal" window, > via ssh for examples, I see the /etc/motd contents. When I logoff the console > and log back on, ( I'm running XDM) I don't see either. I had the message in > /etc/nologin with the ignore_nologin set, and this gave the message but users > could not logon thru a terminal, and after a boot the message went away. > > Any ideas what I have set wrong since issue or motd are not displayed when I > login thru a X Session? >
You might try putting something like: xmessage -file /etc/motd & in your /etc/X11/Xsession file. your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
