+> motd is a flat file, so it won't take the customizations +> you'd need to do this :)
Yes indeed, I was aware of this - hence my puzzlement as to how this might be done. +> The last login is done by lastlog, which is called by login, +> not from motd. <nodding sagely> Hmmmmmmmm................ +> For infor on both, check the motd(5) and utmp(5) man pages. AHA!!! Until now, I didn't realize motd had a man page. Thanks much for the info. After reading, I'm no wiser tho'...unless you count the knowledge that the man page exists which was previously unknown to me!! :-) Regards, -Colin Who is still grapping with this issue with "grim resolve" To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message