From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 11:29:00 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 751DD37B401 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22A243FB1 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:28:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5BISwOg019298; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:28:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5BISwbk019297; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:28:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200306111828.h5BISwbk019297@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: rnehora@hotmail.com (Rick) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:28:58 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: from "Rick" at Jun 11, 2003 11:18:22 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 18:29:00 -0000 > > 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. First tip. Please break your text lines at around 72 characters. It makes it much easier to read and respond. You probably have fortune running. Mostly likely it is run from your shell's startup file Depending on the shell you are using look in .cshrc for csh or tcsh or .bashrc for bash. I've never seen anyone do it from sh, but just in case, look in .profile. Or possibly it could be in your .login file. Just look in those for where it runs 'fortune' and either remove or comment out the line. ////jerry > > Any help at all would be greatly appreciated > > Rick >