Re: motd

[Jim Crilly <jim@why.dont.jablowme.net>]

On 10/30/06 07:04:08PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 07:55:07PM +0100, Manolo D?az wrote:
> > Mike Reinehr wrote:
> > >On Monday 30 October 2006 11:59, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> > >>I'm running Etch on my new box and getting it set up.
> > >>
> > >>/etc/motd now points to /var/run/motd and there's a file
> > >>/etc/motd.tail
>  
> > Hi,
> > 
> > From the getty manpage, section "ISSUE ESCAPES".
> > 
> > s: the system name, the name of the operating system.
> > n: the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname.
> > r: the release number of the OS, eg. 1.1.9.
> > v: the version of the OS, eg. the build-date etc.
> > m: the architecture identifier of the machine, eg. i486
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Manolo.
> 
> How does /etc/issue relate to /etc/motd?
> 

/etc/issue and /etc/issue.net are printed before the login prompt,
/etc/motd is printed after login.

Jim.