Log-On related Question

[Janina Sajka]

You want a motd? Put something pithy in /etc/motd

You want fortune telling? Do:

yum search fortune

and make your own installation decision.

W. Nick Dotson writes:
> In the Intro to Linux, in chapter 2, where it is telling one how to log onto the system in text versus graphical mode.  He say,
> "When the system has accepted you as a valid user, you may get some more information, called the message of the day, which can be anything. Additionally,
> it is popular on UNIX systems to display a fortune cookie, which contains some general wise or unwise (this is up to you) thoughts. After that, you will
> be given a shell, indicated with the same prompt that you would get in graphical mode."
> 
> Can we have that in Fedora/Lunux?  If so, is it hard to setup and configure, perhaps way farther in the manual?  (grin)
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> W. Nick Dotson
> Technical Support Group
> Senior Support Engineer for Kurzweil 1000
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
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