On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:36:51AM +0530, Vamsi Krishna K-RollNo.2000-134 wrote: > > i copied the content given by u into the redhat-release but > the colors are not coming it showing all the charecters and > also i didnt find the MOTD_FILE in login.defs. help me!! >
I am not on RH... The file redhat-release is perhaps for version identification and perhaps nothing to do with message-of-the-day (motd) file, and better be left alone. There are two issues that you wanted: a) How to make a file with colours. I had given a small example of an ANSI text file in the last post. It works ... It has and ANSI clear/ cls on the top. So all old things would, in any case, be cleared. b) How to make this come at login ... I would suggest, till you learn about the motd file, it would be better to achieve the same as a single line entry in rc.local (cat filename) with- out interfering with the login process. In case you are still interested in going through the login.defs route, the way to add it in /etc/login.defs is: # If defined, ":" delimited list of "message of the day" files # to be displayed upon login. # MOTD_FILE /etc/motd o Create your ANSI based message file. o Check that it works with "cat filename", and re-edit till you have the desired output. o Once things work, copy it with root privileges to /etc/motd. HTH Bish > > > > ---------------<snip>-------------------------- > > [H[J > > Welcome to [31;40;5mFLASHING.red.net[m > > User : [32;40mMrGreen[m > > Date : [34;40;1mSunday, 03 February 2002[m > > ---------------</snip>------------------------- > > -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Hackers Jargon (#1) LOST #007 Commonly used abbreviations on Mailing Lists [#1]: IMO = In My Opinion IMHO = In My Humble Opinion AFAIK = As Far As I Know IIRC = If I Remember Correctly RTFM = Read The F* Manual BTW = By The Way ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
