> A trivial question, but a question nonetheless! My FreeBSD /etc/motd is > a static and rather boring file. I recall that when I used to login to > my Slackware machine, it spruced things up a bit by offering some sort > of rotating motd, which would spit out a random quote or joke instead of > the same ol' static message. Is there a way to simulate this in > FreeBSD? Unfortunately, 'man motd' does little more than state the > obvious, and describe a method by which to surpress the motd altogether. > This, of course, occurs to me as I ssh into my home machine from work! > Thanks, > ~John
As Adam pointed out, "fortune" is what you want. I assume it's available for FBSD (can't check right now as I'm at a Linux box). I don't think you can run fortune from /etc/motd file. Install the one word command "fortune" in the run command file for whatever shell you are using. Since I use bash, that's file .bashrc. This will cause fortune to give you a message every time you log in, including every time you open an Xterm. It might drive you crazy after awhile. regards, Robert _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"