Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:59:53 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Arseny Nasokin <tarc@tarc.po.cs.msu.su> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Welcome message for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20060723205953.GA74473@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <20060723115425.GD12706@tarc.po.cs.msu.su> References: <44BFAE1D.30906@cwt.uz> <44C0D55B.60500@preved.cn> <20060722042347.GE53239@gothmog.pc> <20060723115425.GD12706@tarc.po.cs.msu.su>
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On 2006-07-23 15:54, Arseny Nasokin <tarc@tarc.po.cs.msu.su> wrote: >On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 07:23:47AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2006-07-21 17:23, Tarasov Alexey <master@preved.cn> wrote: >>>Timur Yuldashev wrote: >>>> New motd-welcome message for FreeBSD. >>>> >>>> http://www.cwt.uz/motd >>>> >>>> best regards >>> >>> I like it! Very good. >> >> I don't. It is pretty "content free" when compared with our current >> default motd. >> >> The information in the current motd file is useful and provides hints >> towards stuff that may be interesting both to a new admin who just >> installed FreeBSD and a new user who just happened to log into a FreeBSD >> system. >> >> More importantly, the default /etc/motd is just a sample motd file, >> which you are free to edit locally :) > > I prefer put default motd to support(7) page. > and set this motd as default You are forgetting that someone who has just logged in may not know how to reach the support(7) manpage. The current motd can *POINT* him there: | Welcome to FreeBSD! | [...] | manual page. If you are not familiar with manual pages, type `man man'. How will the user know what to do if you go ahead and hide all the information currently visible by just logging in?
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