On 0, Brandt Dusthimer <brandt@dusthimers.com> wrote: > As bonkers as this might seem, does any one know if there is any way of > setting up a file (like a motd file) so that it uses the output of a > program like fortune? I think if you could get fortune to write to a FIFO then you would be laughing. If you don't mind using something other than fortune, then signify handles this fairly gracefully. Try something like this: rm /etc/motd mkfifo /etc/motd signify --fifo=/etc/motd --input=/etc/logout-messages cat /etc/motd You will, of course, need to supply a list of logout messages appropriate for your site. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "Beware of computer programmers that carry screwdrivers." - Leonard Brandwein Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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