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# 8  
Old 05-26-2009
you should change the name to .profile

mv welcome.profile .profile
# 9  
Old 05-26-2009
Thanks Amit. I changed the profile name to .profile as u said. Now I have /home/.profile

But I logged in again and opened the terminal but it doesnt display the msg i have in .profile. What must b the prob?
# 10  
Old 05-26-2009
Hi,

Put the welcome message in this file /etc/motd.

Thanks,
Alberto
# 11  
Old 05-26-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrudula009
Thanks Amit. I changed the profile name to .profile as u said. Now I have /home/.profile

But I logged in again and opened the terminal but it doesnt display the msg i have in .profile. What must b the prob?
ok do the following steps
1)login
2)vi .profile
3)shift G then press o
4)type banner "message"
5)save :wq
6)exit or ctrl+d
7)login again it should dispaly the message
# 12  
Old 05-26-2009
Thanks to all. Im still not getting the msg.

I use fedora - boots fedora - it asks for password when i click on my login account - after typing the password it comes to the desktop - then i open Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal.

I do not get a msg here when i open the terminal. To log in again, i exit from the terminal by pressing ctrl + d. I click on System->Log out user and then log in again to open the terminal.

This is what I do. To get the welcome msg shud i do something else?

I wanna get atleast this small thing done first .. only then i can proceed to the next level .. so pls help
# 13  
Old 05-27-2009
It will depend on the shell you are using. If you are using bash shell, it may be .bash_profile on your home directory. So include your banner msg in the .bash_profile.


- Devaraj Takhellambam
# 14  
Old 05-27-2009
Thanks for your response Dev.

First - how do i know which shell i am using?

I renamed the file .profile to .bash_profile. I logged in again but still its not displayed.
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