Need to display a message after every reboot

Need to display a message after every reboot

[Sarika Inamdar]

Hello,

We have an application installed on Red Hat Linux 7.3. The application
has many cryptographic librararies.
So we need to display a text message everytime the machine reboots. This
message should be displayed before the login prompt comes.
 
Could you all let me know, which file I need to place the text message
in ?
 
Thanks in Advance,
Sarika

Re: Need to display a message after every reboot

[terry white]

on "5-6-2003" "Sarika Inamdar " writ:

: So we need to display a text message everytime the machine reboots. This
: message should be displayed before the login prompt comes.

... you might want to condsider '/etc/issue' ...


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Re: Need to display a message after every reboot

[Sumit]

> machine reboots. This
> message should be displayed before the login prompt
> comes.
>  
> Could you all let me know, which file I need to
> place the text message
> in ?

man motd 
However this will give the message on every login
screen 

or you can put a message in rc.local 


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Re: Need to display a message after every reboot

[Jeff Largent]

motd is not displayed until after login, same with anything
you put in rc.local.  If you put it in /etc/issue it will be
displayed before the login prompt, but be careful Redhat like
to overwrite /etc/issue everytime the system boots.

Jeff

Sumit wrote:
>>machine reboots. This
>>message should be displayed before the login prompt
>>comes.
>> 
>>Could you all let me know, which file I need to
>>place the text message
>>in ?
> 
> 
> man motd 
> However this will give the message on every login
> screen 
> 
> or you can put a message in rc.local 
> 
> 
> -S
> 
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> 
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Re: Need to display a message after every reboot

[Jay Goodman]

Out of curiosity, what do the crypto libs
have to do with displaying a message before login?

Was this extraneous information or do the
init routines take a lot of time generating
seeds, keys, and 'what not' before a login
prompt becomes available; and you just want
to inform the user about the delay? (in which
case /etc/issue probably won't help you)





> Hello,
>
> We have an application installed on Red Hat Linux 7.3. The application has
> many cryptographic librararies.
> So we need to display a text message everytime the machine reboots. This
> message should be displayed before the login prompt comes.
>
> Could you all let me know, which file I need to place the text message in ?

Re: Need to display a message after every reboot

[Glynn Clements]

Jay Goodman wrote:

> > We have an application installed on Red Hat Linux 7.3. The application has
> > many cryptographic librararies.
> > So we need to display a text message everytime the machine reboots. This
> > message should be displayed before the login prompt comes.
> >
> > Could you all let me know, which file I need to place the text message in ?
> 
> Out of curiosity, what do the crypto libs
> have to do with displaying a message before login?

I presume that he meant "cryptic" libraries (libraries which he didn't
understand) rather than "cryptographic" libraries (libraries which
transform data so that other people won't be able to understand it).

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Re: Need to display a message after every reboot

[Tyler]

On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 11:23:11AM +0530, Sarika Inamdar  wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We have an application installed on Red Hat Linux 7.3. The application
> has many cryptographic librararies.
> So we need to display a text message everytime the machine reboots. This
> message should be displayed before the login prompt comes.
>  
> Could you all let me know, which file I need to place the text message
> in ?
>  
> Thanks in Advance,
> Sarika
> 

There should be a section in /etc/rc.local that updates /etc/issue.

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