Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:24:18 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: S?ren Neigaard <neigaard@e-box.dk> Cc: Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: motd Message-ID: <20010930172418.A94566@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <14591292291.20010930160730@e-box.dk> References: <383627740.20010930135946@e-box.dk> <GuoFoLBUHyt7Ew$j@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <14591292291.20010930160730@e-box.dk>
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S?ren Neigaard <neigaard@e-box.dk> wrote:
> Sunday, September 30, 2001, 3:44:52 PM, Kevin wrote:
>
> KG> /etc/motd ?
> KG> I've never bothered changing mine but that's where it says I should if I
> KG> ever did.
>
> I think I will stick to the standard motd too, but how do I activate
> it?
If you haven't changed the default /etc/login.conf file it should contain the
following:
default:\
:passwd_format=md5:\
:copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
:welcome=/etc/motd:\
That `welcome' line is what you need to edit, and then run the command:
# cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf
If you have a very old version of FreeBSD, whose login.conf does not support
the welcome= capability, you can always add to your /etc/csh.cshrc the
following:
test -f /etc/motd && cat /etc/motd
and that should take care of it, for you.
-giorgos
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