Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:41:19 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [PATCH] Show login(1) how to execute programs at start up Message-ID: <20010630164118.A507@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010630081550.B4689@mppsystems.com>; from mpp@mppsystems.com on Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 08:15:50AM -0500 References: <20010619195223.E68877@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20010630081550.B4689@mppsystems.com>
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On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 08:15:50AM -0500, Mike Pritchard wrote: > > During IRC discussion, a number of ways of doing this were knocked back > > and forth. Several people voiced the opinion that this should be > > selectable in some way when adding users, particularly when using either > > sysinstall or adduser. > > > [...] > > > * Putting the functionality in to login.conf. > > > > Now you can have classes of users who will or will not receive > > tips at startup. Sysinstall and adduser already know enough to > > ask you about classes when adding users. Provides additional > > functionality over and above what we already have. > > With this method, I now have to contact the system admin so I don't > see these tips on startup. As someone who has done sysadmin work, > I don't like this. Actually, no, you don't have to contact the sysadmin. All you need to do is put an appropriate override in your ~/.login.conf file. Of course, if this path were chosen, this override setting would have to be documented in the motd and/or the handbook. G'luck, Peter -- This sentence no verb. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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