From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 11:23:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B6637B405 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:23:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spxgate.servplex.com (ip66-105-58-82.z58-105-66.customer.algx.net [66.105.58.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D1043FD7 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:23:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@servplex.com) Received: from peter.servplex.com ([192.168.0.96]) by spxgate.servplex.com (8.12.8/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h5BIa4eW064547; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:36:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from peter@servplex.com) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20030611132054.017e7d28@mail.servplex.com> X-Sender: peter@mail.servplex.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:23:17 -0500 To: "Rick" From: Peter Elsner In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/motd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:23:02 -0000 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 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.