On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Jason Heeris <jason.hee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a Debian Squeeze system that exposes a terminal on the serial > line (ttyS0) and the usual tty ones. I would like to print a message > at the very end of the boot sequence, but before any user logs in (the > message is a diagnostic that may affect whether the user logs in at > all). > > If I put, say, echo "Message" in /etc/rc.local, it only shows up on > the serial console. How can I print a message to all consoles?
"rc.local" will only display an "echo..." on the console. If you want a message displayed pre-login: If it's static, you can add it to "/etc/issue". If it's dynamic (e.g. "ifconfig lo"), you can add it to "/etc/rc.local" but use "ifconfig lo > ttyX" but the message won't display before ssh sessions. If you want a message displayed post-login: You can append it to "/var/run/motd" in "/etc/init.d/bootlogs" or "/etc/rc.local". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=Szgms=PDpNRdnQc90LmHR=szUEG7KW=EdrX_=wbyw+...@mail.gmail.com
