One must be aware of security hole which may be created by runing the display or xv from Xsetup_0 (it will run with root uid !). On my machine I use the xmessage for this purpose, which is much safer... (I hope :-).
Wojtek Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Jeff Noxon wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 05:37:37PM +0100, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > An easy way I could think of is to make a picture of this message (pcx, > > bitmap, gif, whatever), and run a program like display or xv to put it > > on the screen in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0. > > Thanks for all the suggestions. > > I ended up using xpaint to render the text to a .xbm file, and I use > xsetroot to load it. I also had to nudge the login window down a bit. > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]