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From: dan@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Dan Freedman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: How to make the DM display a node name
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Date: 2 Mar 90 23:45:00 GMT
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In article <6923@ubc-cs.UUCP> pphillip@cs.ubc.ca (Peter Phillips) writes:
>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.


	You might try putting things in the /etc/motd file which is
displayed whenever anyone logs in (yes, I know, you'd like to know
about this stuff BEFORE you log in).  Another possibility is to put
up an X window after someone logs out, in which the information you
need is presented.

	Dan Freedman


Dan Freedman
University of Calgary Computer Science Department
2500 University Drive N.W.			      dan@ksi.cpsc.UCalgary.CA
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4