I read what was the update-motd package for and is just what I need. I was pretty anxious to make some tests. Now I got some time I found that the package is no longer available.
Any of this packages has a similar use?
Does someone knows where can I found it? Any help will be much appreciated! EDIT: I'm running Ubuntu 8.04
Last edited by agasamapetilon; 09-15-2008 at 05:43 PM..
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)
Anyone know how to change the location of the MOTD file from the default /etc/motd?
An annoying person with root access has found out how to edit the file and change my MOTDs.
Help me. (14 Replies)
I need to replace the current /etc/motd text file with a new motd across 30+ servers.
Which is the best way to do this? Shell script? sed?
Does anyone have an example I can use?
Thanks in advance. Unix people are the best!!! :) (2 Replies)
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.
Any ideas
:-) (7 Replies)
Does anyone know how to get the IP Address of the connecting client to apear in the MOTD I am new to linux and I was wondering if this was possible thanks in advance. :D :confused: :D (4 Replies)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
login
LOGIN(1) BSD General Commands Manual LOGIN(1)NAME
login -- log into the computer
SYNOPSIS
login [-pq] [-h hostname] [user]
login -f [-lpq] [-h hostname] [user [prog [args...]]]
DESCRIPTION
The login utility logs users (and pseudo-users) into the computer system.
If no user is specified, or if a user is specified and authentication of the user fails, login prompts for a user name. Authentication of
users is configurable via pam(8). Password authentication is the default.
The following options are available:
-f When a user name is specified, this option indicates that proper authentication has already been done and that no password need be
requested. This option may only be used by the super-user or when an already logged in user is logging in as themselves.
With the -f option, an alternate program (and any arguments) may be run instead of the user's default shell. The program and argu-
ments follows the user name.
-h Specify the host from which the connection was received. It is used by various daemons such as telnetd(8). This option may only be
used by the super-user.
-l Tells the program executed by login that this is not a login session (by convention, a login session is signalled to the program with
a hyphen as the first character of argv[0]; this option disables that), and prevents it from chdir(2)ing to the user's home direc-
tory. The default is to add the hyphen (this is a login session).
-p By default, login discards any previous environment. The -p option disables this behavior.
-q This forces quiet logins, as if a .hushlogin is present.
If the file /etc/nologin exists, login dislays its contents to the user and exits. This is used by shutdown(8) to prevent users from logging
in when the system is about to go down.
Immediately after logging a user in, login displays the system copyright notice, the date and time the user last logged in, the message of
the day as well as other information. If the file .hushlogin exists in the user's home directory, all of these messages are suppressed. -q
is specified, all of these messages are suppressed. This is to simplify logins for non-human users, such as uucp(1). login then records an
entry in utmpx(5) and the like, and executes the user's command interpreter (or the program specified on the command line if -f is speci-
fied).
The login utility enters information into the environment (see environ(7)) specifying the user's home directory (HOME), command interpreter
(SHELL), search path (PATH), terminal type (TERM) and user name (both LOGNAME and USER).
Some shells may provide a builtin login command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the builtin(1) manual page.
The login utility will submit an audit record when login succeeds or fails. Failure to determine the current auditing state will result in
an error exit from login.
FILES
/etc/motd message-of-the-day
/etc/nologin disallows logins
/var/run/utmpx current logins
/var/mail/user system mailboxes
.hushlogin makes login quieter
/etc/pam.d/login pam(8) configuration file
/etc/security/audit_user
user flags for auditing
/etc/security/audit_control
global flags for auditing
SEE ALSO builtin(1), chpass(1), newgrp(1), passwd(1), rlogin(1), getpass(3), utmpx(5), environ(7)HISTORY
A login utility appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
BSD September 13, 2006 BSD