Re: MOTD

2005-09-23 Thread Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo
#vi /etc/motd if you edit this file you can show a welcome message for the users of the your system. > How does one set up MOTD? A cat of /etc/motd? > > Thanks. > > > > > > > --xyrael.net-- > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: motd on potato

2001-10-22 Thread George Karaolides
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, George Karaolides wrote: > > > Is there a way to stop Debian potato from adding the output of `uname -r` > > to the beginning of /etc/motd? > > Go edit /etc/default/rcS and make sure it says EDITMOTD=no at some > point. Th

Re: motd on potato

2001-10-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 07:40:47AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, George Karaolides wrote: > > Is there a way to stop Debian potato from adding the output of `uname -r` > > to the beginning of /etc/motd? > > Go edit /etc/default/rcS and make sure it says EDITMOTD=no at s

Re: motd on potato

2001-10-22 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, George Karaolides wrote: > Is there a way to stop Debian potato from adding the output of `uname -r` > to the beginning of /etc/motd? Go edit /etc/default/rcS and make sure it says EDITMOTD=no at some point. There's some other nifty options there, too. -- Baloo

Re: motd on potato

2001-10-22 Thread Joseph William Dixon
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:23:27PM +0300, George Karaolides wrote: > > Is there a way to stop Debian potato from adding the output of `uname > > -r` to the beginning of /etc/motd? > > Yes, edit /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh. Yay! I've been wondering where t

Re: motd on potato

2001-10-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:23:27PM +0300, George Karaolides wrote: > Is there a way to stop Debian potato from adding the output of `uname -r` > to the beginning of /etc/motd? Yes, edit /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: motd on potato

2001-10-22 Thread Mark Carroll
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, George Karaolides wrote: (snip) > Is there a way to stop Debian potato from adding the output of `uname -r` > to the beginning of /etc/motd? (snip) I'm not aware of anything outside the installation process that puts it there, so I just edit it as I like after my system is ins

Re: motd

1997-01-08 Thread Joey Hess
> Is there any way of modifying the message before the login prompt? By the message before the login prompt, I assume you mean the contents of /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net? Just edit the files.. The second can be done if you have shadow passwords installed, by editing /etc/login.def: > or, > fa

Re: motd

1997-01-08 Thread Fundamental
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote: Thanks everyone, the /etc/issue is what i was after, thanks:) SaHua michael Imagination is more important than knowledge Albert Einstein -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail t

Re: motd

1997-01-08 Thread Philippe Troin
On Wed, 08 Jan 1997 11:55:05 +1100 Fundamental ([EMAIL PROTECTED] et) wrote: > Is there any way of modifying the message before the login prompt? or, > failing this, is there any way of adding a message before the login: > prompt? /etc/issue contains the banner before someone gets logged in. /et

Re: motd

1997-01-08 Thread Shaya Potter
modify /etc/issue On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Fundamental wrote: > > Is there any way of modifying the message before the login prompt? or, > failing this, is there any way of adding a message before the login: > prompt? > > thanks > > > Im out like bell bottom trousers, > > michael > > > "Democ

Re: motd

1997-01-08 Thread Jonas Bofjall
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Fundamental wrote: > Is there any way of modifying the message before the login prompt? or, How about editing /etc/issue? (and issue.net, which I think is a symlink to issue in Debian) > failing this, is there any way of adding a message before the login: /etc/motd ? I thin