Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Chad '^chewie' Walstrom
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Okay, I recently switched to Debian after using RedHat and > Mandrake-Linux for 2-3 years... Right off the bat, there are two > things I'd like to change. > > 1) Get rid of the login message that displays at the console after > typi

Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Jos Lemmerling
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Alson van der Meulen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:11:22AM -0600, Sam TH wrote: > > > 1) Get rid of the login message that displays at the console after > > > typing in my name and password. I read through /etc/login.defs and > > > there was a reference to a file that I t

Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:11:22AM -0600, Sam TH wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > Okay, I recently switched to Debian after using RedHat and > > Mandrake-Linux for 2-3 years... Right off the bat, there are two > > things I'd like to change. > > > > 1) Ge

Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Okay, I recently switched to Debian after using RedHat and > Mandrake-Linux for 2-3 years... Right off the bat, there are two > things I'd like to change. > > 1) Get rid of the login message that displays at the console after > typi

Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Sam TH
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Okay, I recently switched to Debian after using RedHat and > Mandrake-Linux for 2-3 years... Right off the bat, there are two > things I'd like to change. > > 1) Get rid of the login message that displays at the console after > typi

Re. : New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread minh-quang . yvonet
See the /etc/motd textfile and change it to whatever you want (or delete it). You may also check your rc files. On my system (debian woody distro), there is a /etc/rc.S/S55bootmisc.sh that updates the motd at bootup. Minh Quang. Pour :"Debian User" cc : Objet : New to Debian -- simple