Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 31 May 1996 14:16:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, mpp@freefall.freebsd.org, kelly@fsl.noaa.gov, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: long motd files - screen pause?
Message-ID:  <Pine.PTX.3.91.960531141529.29367G-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199605312104.OAA18691@phaeton.artisoft.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help


On Fri, 31 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > > 	One question though, is there like a way to do a system default 
> > > > .hushlogin since there is one for .cshrc and .login in /etc/csh.cshrc and 
> > > > /etc/csh.login as it'll be hard putting one in evey users directory on 
> > > > the system as there are over 1500 users in the database.  Also, is there 
> > > > a way to change everyone's group numbers to 32 without doing each one 
> > > > manually in vipw?
> > > 
> > > modify /etc/gettytab and don't generate an /etc/motd in /etc/rc.local.
> > 
> > 	Hmmm, thanks...  or can't I just let /etc/rc.local generate the motd
> > as it will only show just the FreeBSD version line...
> 
> Part of it is the login banner, part of it is the motd.
> 
> Look at /etc/motd and compare what you see.  For instance, there is no
> copyright in the motd -- nad that's what you wanted to kill, initially,
> according to your first mail in this thread.

	I actually wanted to kill everything after the login banner but 
my original mail in the thread was how to page motd....  Thanks anyways.

Vince





Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.PTX.3.91.960531141529.29367G-100000>