Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:48:03 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: "Jerold McAllister" <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: question about fortune at login Message-ID: <20060914024803.11a23360@localhost> In-Reply-To: <E1GNWAg-0002re-P7@sys31.mail.msu.edu> References: <200609122120.07984.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <1F6C4663-D0DB-4061-8F67-86873A0086C8@hiwaay.net> <E1GNWAg-0002re-P7@sys31.mail.msu.edu>
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:56:59 -0400
"Jerold McAllister" <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote:
> > What I don't much care for is the large /etc/motd which ships stock with
> > FreeBSD. So that and /etc/hosts are the only files I hack and override
> > manually when using mergemaster.
>
> The motd is supposed to be frequently update. It was originally intended
> for the system manager to post messages to users about whatever was
> happening to the system - such as a notice that it would be down for
> maintenance that evening. That is why it was called 'Message Of The Day'.
to get rid of motd on login:
touch ~/.hushlogin
fortune is being called by one of your shell startup scripts. if bash (as the
others have been covered already), look for ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc (and
~/.bash_logout ... if you need for actions when logging out.
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