CDE welcome message blues

[Bolek Mynarski]

System: L2000 HP-UX 11.00 plain vanila setup. It's pretty mauch factory install.

I want to change the default CDE welcome message reflecting our security policy (so people using ReflectionsX would also see it). I did some reseach and follow this document:

http://us-support2.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=39d008a70221243116/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000053279128

Upon comparing my /etc/dt/config entries with the ones from the document, I had to copy /usr/dt/config/C/Xresources into /etc/dt/config/C directory and alter it to reflect my new "Welcome".

However, upon logging out and logging back in, nothing is being changed and I still am greeted by the original/default welcome message.

Is there any other place I have to look at to make sure my changes take place?

Thanks.

[Peter_17]

Hi,

Just a thought, but make sure you removed the "!!" beginning the:
Dtlogin*greeting.labelString: Welcome to %LocalHost% \n blah blah blah\n
blah blah blah your personal text here\n
blah blah blah

in your customized /etc/dt/config/C/Xresources file. That should do it.

HAGO,

Pete

[Bolek Mynarski]

It seems like except for Peter, nobody else wanted to bite this one. :-)

In any case, I have solved my problem (however, it wasn't !! in front of Dtlogin, Peter). It seems like there is either a but or an error in documentation. Documentation says:

"Change:
!!Dtlogin*greeting.labelString: Welcome to %LocalHost%

To:

Dtlogin*greeting.labelString: Welcome to %LocalHost%\n
Insert additional message here\n
Final additional text"

Well, that's what I was doing and that was my problem. It appears that CDE will not read your message unless you type it entirely on the line starting with "Dtlogin*greeting.labelString: Welcome to %LocalHost%\nblah,blah\nblah,blah\n"

Did anybody else come across this behaviour? If that's the way it's supposed to be, then, I would recommand to update documentation accordingly because as it is, it will not work. :-)

[Peter_17]

Boleslaw,

I just found the error of my way. I neglected to mention to end each line not only with a "\n" but also with a "\" to excape the CR, like so:

Dtlogin*greeting.labelString: Welcome to %LocalHost% \n Put your custom message here \n and end each line with a '\' \n character. \n oops.

That way, you can put your message on multiple lines within the Xresources file.

HAGO,

Pete

[Peter_17]

Arghh...

It appears that the "\" character once again did not appear in my example. Just end each line with the "\" character before your hit Return, and it'll work.

HAGO,

Pete