On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 15:33, Y. Makki wrote: > Hello > > I'm trying to edit /etc/motd to include various things, say like kernel > version. Adding a line like `uname -r` doesn't work, it simply echoes > that instead of executing the command. Any way I can actually accomplish > this? I'd suggest adding some code to /etc/rc.local to write what you want. As long as the info in motd is not likely to change between reboots. eg. echo "$(hostname), $(uname -r)" > /etc/motd Otherwise the cron suggestion will do the job. Cheers, Ben -- .O. Ben Stringer ..O ben@xxxxxxxxxxx OOO linux|java|majitek|gnu
