[H-GEN] motd

[Robert Brockway]

On Thu, 21 May 1998, Paul Gearon wrote:

> Something tells me that this should be obvious, but if it 
> is then I'm suffering a mental block.
> 
> Is there some way to run /usr/games/fortune for the when 
> /etc/motd is read?  I guess I could use cron, or even have 
> the general login script update it, but I was wondering if 
> there was something more direct?

Generally it is better to put it in /etc/profile and /etc/login, which
will end up getting printed just after /etc/motd.

Better yet is putting it in the default install of .profile and .login
as this way the user can choose to disable it if desired (some ppl have no
sense humour unfortunately).

Ok, there might be valid reasons for disabling it too, like slow links :)
Cheers,
	-Robert

--Robert Brockway B.Sc.  Email: robert at zen.humbug.org.au, robert at icc.net.au
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