Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 09:18:33 -0500 From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com> To: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [PATCH] Show login(1) how to execute programs at start up Message-ID: <20010630091833.A6069@mppsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20010630164118.A507@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:41:19PM %2B0300 References: <20010619195223.E68877@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20010630081550.B4689@mppsystems.com> <20010630164118.A507@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:41:19PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 08:15:50AM -0500, Mike Pritchard wrote: > > > * 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. Ah, I didn't know about that, but we still need to tell them how to do this. Either we inform them about a command they can run at the end of each tip that will disable displaying additional tips, or a pointer to a a tips(7) man page that has all of the details, at the end of each tip. I know I hate WinDoze programs that make me search through all of the menus to find the option that turns off all those pop-up tip boxes, so we should make it as easy as possible to turn these off. -Mike -- Mike Pritchard mpp@FreeBSD.org or mpp@mppsystems.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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