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From: stu@jpusa1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Suppressing SCO Xenix motd
Message-ID: <295@jpusa1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-May-87 12:24:46 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 26 12:24:46 1987
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In article <7526@brl-adm.ARPA> jl42#@andrew.cmu.EDU (Jay Mathew Libove) writes:
-Well, we have all sorts of neat ways posted now for suppressing a
-standard BSD m.o.t.d., but I have a slightly different problem - my
-Xenix (by the Santa Cruz Operation, SysV/286 v2.1.3 kernal running on
-a PCs Limited AT) IGNORES .hushlogin ... and I do wish to keep the
-motd file.
-
-Anyone know a way around this?
Don't use /etc/motd.  Put the motd in /etc/Motd and add the following in /etc/cshrc:
	if ( ! -f ~/.hushlogin ) cat -s /etc/Motd
or for /etc/profile:
	test ! -f $HOME/.hushlogin && cat -s /etc/Motd
This adds the feature(?) of being able to force people to see important info in /etc/motd.

Stu Heiss {gargoyle,ihnp4}!jpusa1!stu