From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 29 1:29:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dns.ie-online.it (dns.ie-online.it [194.133.148.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1722815436 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 01:29:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Received: from dns.ie-interna.it (host1.ie-online.it [194.133.148.10]) by dns.ie-online.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01539; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:29:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Received: from stefano (stefano.ie-interna.it [192.168.0.33]) by dns.ie-interna.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA04883; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:29:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990329112913.00b56260@relay.alice.it> X-Sender: riva@relay.alice.it X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:29:13 +0200 To: Jim Pazarena , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Stefano Riva Subject: Re: modifying /etc/motd In-Reply-To: <9903282355.aa04628@dick.ccstores.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 23.55 28/03/99 -0800, you wrote: >gets put back into the motd automagically. Is there a way to stop this? You named 3.1-RELEASE, so I assume that's the version for you need info. Put the following line in your /etc/rc.conf or (better) /etc/rc.conf.local file: update_motd="NO" >How can I stop the limerick from being printed each time I log on? If you mean the copyright message and motd, put an empty ".hushlogin" file in the home directory of the user. Also, you can change/remove the welcome message before "login:" modifying /etc/gettytab. --- Stefano Riva Software Engineer - System Administrator Informazioni Editoriali I.E. Srl Phone +39-027528400, Fax +39-027528451 Email sriva@alice.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message