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From: Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.EDU>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:22:41
Message-Id: 20060227201507.GC3186@princeton.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information by Richard Fish
1 On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:45:58PM -0700, Penguin Lover Richard Fish squawked:
2 > The current time will be difficult. But you could create a file (like
3 > /etc/issue.ssh) with the rest of the information in it:
4 >
5 > echo "This is `hostname`.`hostname -d` ( `uname -s` `uname -m` `uname
6 > -r` )" > /etc/issue.ssh
7 >
8 > You could put the above in local.start to update the hostname or
9 > kernel version information at each boot.
10 >
11
12 IIRC, another choice is to emerge linux-logo. I believe it comes with
13 a init.d script that does precisely that. And you can program in an
14 ANSI/ASCII banner while you are at it.
15
16 W
17 --
18 So there was an argument over what type of engineer God was, to have
19 created man. Some suggested Electrical Engineer, given the complex
20 neural network, others suggested Mechanical Engineer, given the
21 amazing mechanics of the body. It was finally realized that he was a
22 Civil Engineer, as only a Civ. E. would put an waste management
23 facility in a recreational area.
24 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 107 days, 12:37
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