Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:49:37 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc motd Message-ID: <385399E1.480803AF@newsguy.com> References: <199912112238.OAA10813@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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"Rodney W. Grimes" wrote: > > > dcs 1999/12/11 14:31:52 PST > > > > Modified files: > > etc motd > > Log: > > Trim to 24 lines. Yeah, I know, looks ugly. > > And still to long, you need it to leave room for the fortune that is > going to come out after it, and 1 line for the prompt. Some fortunes > are pretty long.... AFAIK, fortunes are not default on the root prompt. The point of the default motd is giving direction to users new to FreeBSD. The other users are more likely to use home-made motd, not care about motd, or just scrlk/pgup to read it if they so desire. Besides, some fortunes are so long that it won't matter motd's size, unless you use fortune -s. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) who is as social as a wampas dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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