Start up messages???
 

how would i go about setting up my computer to show the user a message??? plz be detailed as i be extremely new:confused:

Do you mean right after they login, or during bootup or what? Also, do you mean to do this in X or in a console? X is the graphical environment in linux and console is the "dos like" screen (in case you weren't aware).

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id like to know how to do the message thingy in the console and it would be nice to know how to display the message during bootup and after login

the "message thingy"??? :rolleyes:

lol yeah like have a message that shows the time and has some news.

ok i guess you mean an motd or issue file.

/etc/motd will be printed after you log into a shell, and /etc/issue will be printed before you login on a terminal. motd and issue should both have a manpage for you to check.

ok that worked. how could i make my computer run a command on startup

For every user, in every run level? Specify...

Usually by placing it in rc.local or a similar file that might be located in /etc/rc.d or just /etc/rc.local (which might be symlink elsewhere).

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sure why not

Well surely it depends on why you want such an app to run. If you dont have a gui loaded (runlevel 3 for ex.) then you wouldnt want something trying to show a gui... :rolleyes:

You dont just want to splash some lame '1 4M 1337' thing do you?

i am trying to get my console foreground to become blue when any user logs on i believe the command is setterm -foreground blue, but no matter how i type it in S99local or rc.local it dosent work is there like a special syntax or something

rc.local is completed BEFORE anyone can log in to the system. seems like you actually want .bashrc or .profile in that users home directory, or /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc for everyone

Great that worked thanks