[Novalug] where is the login message?

Matt Bidwell bidwell@dead-city.org
Mon Dec 10 17:10:28 EST 2007


greg pryzby wrote:
> message of the day
> 
> typically
> 
> /etc/motd
> 
> On Dec 10, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Nino Pereira wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> a colleague must include a specific warning message to everyone
>> who logs in on his linux box. I have such a message on one of
>> my systems, but I couldn't help him: I had forgotten where
>> this sits.
>>
>> Any suggestions? His is Fedora 7, I believe (but, my system is still
>> RedHat 7).
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Nino

Actually I think you're talking about /etc/issue or /etc/issue.net.

Matt



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