Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:23:17 -0500 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: "Rick" <rnehora@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/motd Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030611132054.017e7d28@mail.servplex.com> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV35U0lxJUWUl0003862f@hotmail.com>
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Edit your .login file Comment out the entry that looks something like this: [ -x /usr/games/fortune ] && /usr/games/fortune -s You can also create an empty file called .hushlogin which will not display anything upon log on. Peter At 11:18 AM 6/11/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Hello Everyone, > > > >I'm running FreeBSD 4.8 and would like to remove the information given >each time I login. I've cleared everything in the /etc/motd, but for some >reason there's some sort of daily tip I'm given after login that isn't in >the /etc/motd. > > > > > >Any help at all would be greatly appreciated > > > > > >Rick > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE.
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