On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 09:41:13PM +0000, Tom Gilbert wrote:
> * Pavel Musil ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I have this silly problem - every time I log in (RedHat 6.1) a random
> > quotation is displayed. Does anybody know from what file are these messages
> > read and how can I configure their display.
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > Pavel Musil
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Probably in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local script. It runs commands like
> fortune, and sends their output to /etc/issue.
Probably not. fortune is usally run from the users login script.
If the person is using the bash shell, then I would look for a line
in either their .bashrc or their .bash_profile - both of these should
be found in the users home directory. Here on my system I have it in
my .bashrc - every time I open a new shell (whether it's a login shell
or not) I get a quote. Besides, Pavel said he's getting the quote when
he logs in - rc.local and /etc/issue are boot time items.
Pavel: take a look at man fortune There's not a whole lot of configuration
that can be done with fortune, but there is some.
> Don't edit /etc/issue itself, as it is written at boot.
>
> My rc.local contains lines like:
>
> /usr/games/fortune > /etc/issue
>
> echo "" >> /etc/issue
> echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
> echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
>
> cp -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net
> echo >> /etc/issue
This is the first I've ever seen fortune run this way.
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