From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 16 11:25: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f71.law4.hotmail.com [216.33.149.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6505537B718 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:24:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from los_alamos@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:24:58 -0800 Received: from 64.230.154.61 by lw4fd.law4.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:24:58 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.230.154.61] From: "Jonathan Hamel" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Announcement Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:24:58 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Mar 2001 19:24:58.0295 (UTC) FILETIME=[C9D0A470:01C0AE4E] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >Hello: > >Is there a way of making a system announcement? I need one that users >will get when they log in and then again occasionally while they are >logged in. I need to announce system restarts and such. not sure if FreeBSD supports MOTD or not...I know Linux did when I was running that. or write a script in perl and have it as part of your user's login scripts. or have cron run wall every few minutes. there's plenty of solutions. jon _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message