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Date:      Sun, 30 Sep 2001 19:19:01 +0200
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?B?U/hyZW4gTmVpZ2FhcmQ=?= <neigaard@e-box.dk>
To:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re[2]: motd
Message-ID:  <136102782863.20010930191901@e-box.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20010930172418.A94566@hades.hell.gr>
References:  <383627740.20010930135946@e-box.dk> <GuoFoLBUHyt7Ew$j@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <14591292291.20010930160730@e-box.dk> <20010930172418.A94566@hades.hell.gr>

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both motd and fortune is working now (found out I can use both
simultaneously :) Thanks for all the help.

--
Med venlig hilsen/Best regards,
 Søren Neigaard mailto:neigaard@e-box.dk

Sunday, September 30, 2001, 4:24:18 PM, Giorgos wrote:

GK> 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?

GK> If you haven't changed the default /etc/login.conf file it should contain the
GK> following:

GK>     default:\
GK>             :passwd_format=md5:\
GK>             :copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
GK>             :welcome=/etc/motd:\

GK> That `welcome' line is what you need to edit, and then run the command:

GK>     # cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

GK> If you have a very old version of FreeBSD, whose login.conf does not support
GK> the welcome= capability, you can always add to your /etc/csh.cshrc the
GK> following:

GK>         test -f /etc/motd && cat /etc/motd

GK> and that should take care of it, for you.

GK> -giorgos

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