From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 13 16:48:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C3E16A415 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:48:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6494B43D73 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:48:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 10436 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2006 02:48:06 +1000 Received: from 124-168-25-250.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.168.25.250) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 14 Sep 2006 02:48:06 +1000 Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:48:03 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Jerold McAllister" Message-ID: <20060914024803.11a23360@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: <200609122120.07984.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <1F6C4663-D0DB-4061-8F67-86873A0086C8@hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jonathan Horne , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: question about fortune at login X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:48:18 -0000 On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:56:59 -0400 "Jerold McAllister" 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. _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "I don't think they could put him in a mental hospital. On the other hand, if he were already in, I don't think they'd let him out." I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.