On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 01:02:05PM +0200, Jarrod - Cybertek wrote: > Ok sorry. > > Precisely. I have a file (actually a script, sorry) that has a lot of the > settings for a client in, eg IP addresses, interface they connect on etc. > and I use the motd to keep all this together, just to make things easier > when I log into my server. Now I want the motd to update (if at all > possible) to the settings in this file when I change it. Maybe a script IS > the only way to go. > > Here is an example: > > Say i have a file /root/setup.client.sh, and it has this line: > IFACE=ng10 > Now I want to have the motd, when it is displayed after login, to go fetch > the current value of that IFACE, and display that value. > > Is it a bit clearer?
Yes. The way to go is to just make the script also update the motd when you run it. Kris
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