Re: issue and motd with xdm
On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 02:08:11PM -0700, harsh@lanl.gov wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I would like to display a message before users logon to my machine. I have the
> message in /etc/motd and /etc/issue. If I come in through a "terminal" window,
> via ssh for examples, I see the /etc/motd contents. When I logoff the console
> and log back on, ( I'm running XDM) I don't see either. I had the message in
> /etc/nologin with the ignore_nologin set, and this gave the message but users
> could not logon thru a terminal, and after a boot the message went away.
>
> Any ideas what I have set wrong since issue or motd are not displayed when I
> login thru a X Session?
>
You might try putting something like:
xmessage -file /etc/motd &
in your /etc/X11/Xsession file.
your pal dave
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Dave Thayer
Denver, Colorado USA
dthayer+sig@netcom.com
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