[SunHELP] Issue/motd

[Ron Rosson]

* Melinda Taylor (melinda at phys.unsw.edu.au) [010522 20:02]:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Anyone found any good programs for sending login messages
> to users when they logon. Just system specific advice
> and info. I curreently put stuff in /etc/motd
> but that I believe is only read if they start an xterm
> with the 'xterm -ls' option.
> 
> 
> Is there some little piece of software that will alert
> people to messages from the admin independents of whether they
> are using X, which X they are using etc??
> 

On FreeBSD there is msgs. I think it is what you are looking for. Its
just a small 10k C files as source. If you have trouble locating it let
me know and I will look at the license and see about tar balling it up
and sending it off.

HTH
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