Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Chad '^chewie' Walstrom
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 > typi

Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Jos Lemmerling
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Alson van der Meulen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:11:22AM -0600, Sam TH wrote: > > > 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 t

Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:11:22AM -0600, Sam TH wrote: > 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) Ge

Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Alson van der Meulen
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 > typi

Re: New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Sam TH
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 > typi

Re. : New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread minh-quang . yvonet
See the /etc/motd textfile and change it to whatever you want (or delete it). You may also check your rc files. On my system (debian woody distro), there is a /etc/rc.S/S55bootmisc.sh that updates the motd at bootup. Minh Quang. Pour :"Debian User" cc : Objet : New

New to Debian -- simple questions

2000-12-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
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 r