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From: uk1@spacsun.rice.edu (Paul A. Scowen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: motd under xdm?
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.143837.16409@rice.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 91 14:38:37 GMT
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Reply-To: uk1@spacsun.rice.edu (Paul A. Scowen)
Organization: Dept. of Space Physics, Rice University, Houston TX
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Hi,

since xdm has effectively turned off the function, does anyone know how to
put in a way for the motd to still be displayed at login?  It would be handy
for it to come up in it's own dismissable window, or the quick and dirty is
to do a -e on the main xterm as its started but I can't get the syntax right:

I try:		xterm ... -e "more /etc/motd"

I get:		xterm: Can't execvp more /etc/motd

any ideas?  Or do I have to go and put the window together?  Thanks all.

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