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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).
/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.
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...
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
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