RedHat 8.0 motd

[Mark Nagel_1]

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?

[John Poff]

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

[Mark Nagel_1]

I tried this....it did not work

[John Poff · Accepted solution]

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

JP

[Mark Nagel_1]

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

[Frerk Friedrichsen_1]

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