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Date:      Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:20:56 +0100 (CET)
From:      Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>
To:        "Colin J. Raven" <duiker@haggis.nl>
Cc:        BSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Customizing /etc/motd
Message-ID:  <20030213141926.K82095-100000@foem.leiden.webweaving.org>
In-Reply-To: <015401c2d360$3339c3a0$1500000a@scrk.com>

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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Colin J. Raven wrote:

> I'd like to tweak /etc/motd to give ssh users a personalized login text.

	su root
	..type root password
	vi /etc/motd

or, if you do not know the vi editor, use

	su root
	..type root password
	ee /etc/motd

Done. One normally does not edit/change the first line with "FreeBSD .."
as this line is replaced at boot time with the actual version number. If
you remove this line; then that will not happen.

Dw


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