Re: [newbie] startup scripts

2000-03-13 Thread Ed Negari
I noticed that the /etc/login.defs file in Slackware has this line: MOTD_FILE/etc/motd Can't seem to find this in Mandrake though... the /etc/login.defs is a lot shorter. -Ed On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, KompuKit wrote: I'd like to know this also... I need a mail notify program... Ed Negari

Re: [newbie] startup scripts

2000-03-13 Thread Alan Shoemaker
EdI use K(menu)-Internet-Biff in KDE. Alan KompuKit wrote: I'd like to know this also... I need a mail notify program... Ed Negari wrote: Which login script displays the /etc/motd and says "You have mail"? I checked the /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc (and the rest of the /etc

[newbie] startup scripts

2000-03-13 Thread Ed Negari
Which login script displays the /etc/motd and says "You have mail"? I checked the /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc (and the rest of the /etc directory) but can't seem to find it. -Ed

Re: [newbie] startup scripts

2000-03-13 Thread Ed Negari
I guess I should've said this earlier - the reason why I'm asking is so that I can change the order in which things show up. First, I want the motd, then the output of "fortune", and LAST, the "You have mail". No one uses KDE on this machine - everyone logs in remotely. I know the whole thing is

Re: [newbie] startup scripts

2000-03-13 Thread Ronald J. Yacketta
The contents of /etc/motd are displayed by login(1) after a sucĀ­ cessful login but just before it executes the login shell. not sure about the You have mail thing tho Ed Negari wrote: Which login script displays the /etc/motd and says "You have mail"? I checked the /etc/profile and

Re: [newbie] startup scripts

2000-03-13 Thread KompuKit
I'd like to know this also... I need a mail notify program... Ed Negari wrote: Which login script displays the /etc/motd and says "You have mail"? I checked the /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc (and the rest of the /etc directory) but can't seem to find it. -Ed -- KompuKit=