Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 03:25:10 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [PATCH] Show login(1) how to execute programs at start up Message-ID: <20010701032510.B274@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20010630081550.B4689@mppsystems.com>; from mpp@mppsystems.com on Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 08:15:50AM -0500 References: <20010619195223.E68877@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20010630081550.B4689@mppsystems.com>
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--H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 08:15:50AM -0500, Mike Pritchard wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 07:52:23PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > > I want to make the new 'tips' fortunes the default for new users at > > system startup. >=20 > Where is the little "click this box to not see this again" box? None > of the fortunes mention how to opt-out of seeing these messages. I got bored of trying to come up with a nice fancy technical solution that would please everybody, so I went with the easy option. At the moment, the functionality is in the share/skel files, so if you use those when you add new users then your users get fortunes (in -current, I haven't MFC'd this yet). Turning it off is as simple as editing .login/.profile. I'm prepared to make this a FAQ. There's been some talk about keying this off the =2Ehushlogin file, which might be a good idea. =20 > Many of the tips are very shell specific. What if the user isn't running > tsch, but running sh instead? =20 They get a few lines of not particularly useful output. It's no big deal. > I think the tips need to be more generic, > or for shell specific tips, tell the user how to determine what shell > they are currently running. Might be a good idea. Commit new tips (or replacements) as necessary. > How non-UNIX are we going on these tips. =20 My criteria has been "Does this provide useful information in a bitesize format that's relevant to a FreeBSD user?". I'm pretty happy that the=20 existing ones do. That's not to say they're perfect, or that they cover every eventuality, but they're not intended to. As I say, feel free to commit replacements as you feel necessary (I know others have). > And that we tell them how to opt-out of our advice. FAQ entry? N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjs+igUACgkQk6gHZCw343UxmwCfdz3GCqi13IRbyUf4XAZscbu4 Lh4AoIzJo3bhSFjUXdCbAw15t6WZGsNA =5u7p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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