On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Okay, I recently switched to Debian after using RedHat and > Mandrake-Linux for 2-3 years... Right off the bat, there are two > things I'd like to change. > > 1) Get rid of the login message that displays at the console after > typing in my name and password. I read through /etc/login.defs and > there was a reference to a file that I thought this message was coming > from, but the file didn't exist. /etc/motd
> > 2) When I logout, I want the screen to clear so that the login prompt > is at the top (and it gets rid of any old text that now gets left > onscreen). I seem to recall on the Sparcs we used to use that there > was a .$SHELL_logout file. try this: # cd /etc # mv issue issue.old # clear > issue # cat issue.old >> issue # rm issue.old > > Hmmmm, I just checked a RedHat machine here at work and see a > .bash_logout file ;-) It's (2) lines, and the second line is "clear". > I think I can take care of # 2 myself ! read above, putting it in issue is a better solution (imho), this will clear it _before_ displaying a login prompt, not after a logout > > Thanks in advance... more questions likely to come along soon ! that's the use of debian-user :) -- ,-------------------------------------------. > Name: Alson van der Meulen < > Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > School: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < `-------------------------------------------' hey, what does mkfs do? ---------------------------------------------
