Marcy, Seems to work for me. I'll ask a Dumb Question: you did put a message in the file, correct? Mine was empty
login as: root Password: Last login: Fri Jul 21 08:56:51 2006 this is /etc/motd # history | tail -3 901 echo "this is /etc/motd" >> /etc/motd 902 exit 903 history | tail -3 "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
