topic Re: RedHat 8.0 motd in Operating System - Linux

RedHat 8.0 motd

Mark Nagel_1 — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:20:43 GMT

I have an executable that shows system load, uptime, and disk usage that I would like to run at login. Can this be executed from the motd file or do I need to add this somewhere else? I added /usr/local/bin/linux_info (linux info is the name of the executable) to the motd file but it just prints /usr/local/bin/linux_info

Any Ideas?

Re: RedHat 8.0 motd

John Poff — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:28:09 GMT

Hi,

Probably you'll need to try putting it into your user profile. If you are using the bash shell you can try adding your line to the end of your .bash_profile.

JP

Re: RedHat 8.0 motd

Mark Nagel_1 — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:35:08 GMT

I tried this....it did not work

Re: RedHat 8.0 motd

John Poff — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:51:30 GMT

Really? What happened? Did you get an error message or did nothing happen?

JP

Re: RedHat 8.0 motd

Mark Nagel_1 — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:56:18 GMT

nevermind...it worked once I fixed the typos ;)

Re: RedHat 8.0 motd

Frerk Friedrichsen_1 — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:32:43 GMT

Hi,

no, you can't run it out the motd file.
The motd is a an simple text file, that is printed out.

You must add the commands in the /etc/profile
or in your personal .profile,.bashrc ...

Add simply:
uptime
df -k
(i added who -a)

best regards
Frerk