Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!van-bc!ubc-cs!pphillip From: pphillip@cs.ubc.ca (Peter Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: How to make the DM display a node name Message-ID: <6923@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: 25 Feb 90 10:58:40 GMT References: <6900@ubc-cs.UUCP> <2550@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.ubc.ca Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 28 In article <2550@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> dan@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca.UUCP (Dan Freedman) writes: >In article <6900@ubc-cs.UUCP> pphillip@cs.ubc.ca (Peter Phillips) writes: >>I'm one of a few people who look after a labful of Apollo machines and >>it would make my life a little easier if I could find out node names >>at a glance. > > >Well, it might sound a bit quaint, but why not stick a label on >the front of each machine with its name on it. This solution has Thanks for the advice. Pieces of dead trees with scribblings on them don't inspire too much confidence in me. Who is to say what is actually written on the paper is up to date? What is someone removes the paper? The node node is just one example of information I might want to display. Suppose some software package is available on a select few nodes. It would be nice to put up a message like "this node has lisp++" or "you can't run lisp++ here" and be able to do it remotely rather than trucking over to the lab with scotch tape & paper in hand. So, the question remains. Is there any way to convince the display manager to leave any sort of message on the screen between logins? Or even change what the "login:" prompt says? Surely the display manager is at least as flexible as the BSD login program. --- Peter Phillips | If an airplane crashes on the US/Canada (604)-228-4392 | border, where are the survivors buried?