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Date:      Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:24:58 -0500
From:      "Jonathan Hamel" <los_alamos@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System Announcement
Message-ID:  <F71prR0E6faZWZaendg000018d6@hotmail.com>

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>Hello:
>
>Is there a way of making a system announcement?  I need one that users
>will get when they log in and then again occasionally while they are
>logged in.  I need to announce system restarts and such.

not sure if FreeBSD supports MOTD or not...I know Linux did when I was 
running that.  or write a script in perl and have it as part of your user's 
login scripts.  or have cron run wall every few minutes.  there's plenty of 
solutions.

jon
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