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Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> I have created/edited /etc/motd and /etc/issue. At first they did |
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> nothing at all, but I found /etc/login.defs and followed the hint there. |
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> So now it has the line |
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> MOTD_FILE /etc/motd |
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> for instance. But instead of displaying the file on running login as |
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> root, I get |
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> configuration error - unknown item 'MOTD_FILE' (notify administrator), |
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> and something |
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> similar if I attempt to use /etc/issue. |
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> Looking at /bin/login with strings(1), I find a format string that |
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> would produce this output. |
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> Does anyone know how to correctly enable the message of the day and |
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> the greeting? |
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> -- |
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> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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> |
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I found this thread. |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-97905-highlight-motd.html |
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I haven't used it but may be worth looking at to compare notes. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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