Re: Cosmetic question

["P. van Tilburg" <paul@donald-duck.ele.tue.nl>]

On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 10:16:04PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> Hi all,
> 

<standard MOTD>

> You have new mail.
> 
> I want to replace this with fortune.  Can anyone suggest how I go about
> this?
> 

Yes

1) echo > /etc/motd
2) add this to /etc/profile at the end:

# Give a fortune
echo
/usr/games/fortune -o
echo


Bye,

Paul

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