09-13-2008
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1. Cybersecurity
Hie.
Im having a problem editing the motd ( message of the day ). I tried to edit the file /etc/motd but its end up with nothing. I find out the directory /etc/motd is in rw- r - r i changed it to executable rwxw-rw-r but having same thing no changes in the motd.
Anyone having any idea how to... (3 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Anyone know how to change the location of the MOTD file from the default /etc/motd?
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Help me. (14 Replies)
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I need to replace the current /etc/motd text file with a new motd across 30+ servers.
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
I do get the message of the day upon logging in to my machine(Solaris 9). I do NOT have a .hushlogin file in my home directory.
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:-) (7 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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6. Linux
In which login startup script is the motd displayed?
Red Hat 4AS
As I understand it, upon login (bash) it hits
/etc/profile
~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login
~/.profile
I went through the scripts and the associated scripts (/etc/profile.d/*.sh) but don't see where it's being displayed... (5 Replies)
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7. Solaris
Hi all,
Wish to check which setting is set to display the MOTD AFTER successful password verification. I am logging in via a 3rd party ssh tool tectia.
Eg.
Login:
password:
OS Prompt>
Thanks
Eugene (5 Replies)
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8. Linux
Hi,
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 desktop and whenever I login to the xterm terminal through ssh, I am getting the following motd (message of the day) info.
Linux desktop 2.6.32-28-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 10 21:21:01 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Welcome to Ubuntu!
*... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: royalibrahim
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
which is the default motd for the different following different OS versions?
RHEL: has no default motd?
HP-UX: no motd but cat /etc/copyright in /etc/profile:
(c)Copyright 1983-2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
(c)Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985-1993 The Regents of the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: asanchez
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10. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers
If I have /etc/motd, he is file or directory?
I saw that some call them folders and files others... Which option is better?
I knew that being a director, but many told me not.
Thank you! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mescu
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SHUTDOWN(8) System Manager's Manual SHUTDOWN(8)
NAME
shutdown - close down the system at a given time
SYNOPSIS
shutdown [ -k ] [ -r ] [ -h ] [ -f ] [ -n ] time [ warning-message ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Shutdown provides an automated shutdown procedure which a super-user can use to notify users nicely when the system is shutting down, sav-
ing them from system administrators, hackers, and gurus, who would otherwise not bother with niceties.
Time is the time at which shutdown will bring the system down and may be the word now (indicating an immediate shutdown) or specify a
future time in one of two formats: +number and hour:min. The first form brings the system down in number minutes and the second brings the
system down at the time of day indicated (as a 24-hour clock).
At intervals which get closer together as apocalypse approaches, warning messages are displayed at the terminals of all users on the sys-
tem. Five minutes before shutdown, or immediately if shutdown is in less than 5 minutes, logins are disabled by creating /etc/nologin and
writing a message there. If this file exists when a user attempts to log in, login(1) prints its contents and exits. The file is removed
just before shutdown exits.
At shutdown time a message is written in the system log, containing the time of shutdown, who ran shutdown and the reason. Then a termi-
nate signal is sent to init to bring the system down to single-user state. Alternatively, if -r, -h, or -k was used, then shutdown will
exec reboot(8), halt(8), or avoid shutting the system down (respectively). (If it isn't obvious, -k is to make people think the system is
going down!)
With the -f option, shutdown arranges, in the manner of fastboot(8), that when the system is rebooted the file systems will not be checked.
The -n option prevents the normal sync(2) before stopping.
The time of the shutdown and the warning message are placed in /etc/nologin and should be used to inform the users about when the system
will be back up and why it is going down (or anything else).
FILES
/etc/nologin tells login not to let anyone log in
SEE ALSO
login(1), reboot(8), fastboot(8)
BUGS
Only allows you to kill the system between now and 23:59 if you use the absolute time for shutdown.
4th Berkeley Distribution November 16, 1996 SHUTDOWN(8)