From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Largent Subject: Re: Need to display a message after every reboot Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 09:26:40 -0400 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3EB7B810.5080208@imagelinks.com> References: <20030506081253.63745.qmail@web8001.mail.in.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030506081253.63745.qmail@web8001.mail.in.yahoo.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Sumit Cc: sinamdar@cisco.com, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org 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 > > ===== > > "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." > - Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, Yahoo! TV. > visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- Jeff Largent ImageLinks, Inc. Sr System Admin Melbourne, Fl 32935 (321) 253-0011 fax: (321) 253-5559