> what rpm is fortune in? thanks.
>
i am not sure. i think mod-fortunes or fortunes.
fortunes just creates random fortunes from a fortune data file. what you
can do is you can make you own fortune data file and then cycle through
those messages.
> >
> > > what do i do to "rotate" the messages (in /etc/motd) displayed on
> > > the users terminal? can it be done automatically? or do I have to
> > > create a script? I would like to display a different message for
> > > each user.
> > >
> > what i would do is that i would right a short bash script something like
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > /usr/games/fortune -o > /etc/motd
> >
> > then i would execute this script with a crontab entry. not only do i
> > change the /etc/motd. my issue and issue.net also changes.
> >
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