Hello all, just curious about something...<br>I found the magic /etc/motd file (message of the day - displays when you log on from a console, and was wondering how to make that file rotate through a bunch of messages (maybe even randomly)? Probably a job for cron, and I'll write a script if I want to, but I was hoping maybe there was a builtin program for it. I'm collecting Simpsons ASCII art for the task...
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You would need to set up a script to pick and display one of the text files. Once you have that working, edit /etc/profile and change the line that calls "cat /etc/motd" so that it calls your script instead. <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>--<br>
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