login message shell script?

david_ross · 05-25-2003, 11:51 AM

gnome or kde?

jczr2 · 05-25-2003, 11:54 AM

got me there, how can i tell, but i think gnome

jczr2 · 05-25-2003, 11:55 AM

i do have a KDE menu on the start button

jczr2 · 05-25-2003, 12:15 PM

i know i'm a pain newbie, but i have lots of things to do like installing and configuring samba, ftp, and other stuff, but i have a good handle on that, just can't figure out this script. I guess i got lazy using windows for so long.

jczr2 · 05-25-2003, 01:23 PM

ok, i did some more reading and checked weather i was usinf kde on gnome. I logged in with kde, and it looked totally different. I am logging in as default. I am using gnome

david_ross · 05-26-2003, 02:12 PM

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. My solution would be to create a script "/bin/welcome.sh" with the following

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Print some blank lines and make it beep because we can
echo -e \\n\\n\\n\\a

# Print the message to the terminal
/bin/date +"     Welcome $USER. Today is %A %D, and it is now %R";

# Uncomment sleep to make the window auto close after N seconds OR
# Uncomment read to make the user to close the window or press <-'
#sleep N;
read;

exit;

Then ussing the session manager you can create an entry that runs this command when a the user logs in:

Code:

xterm -T "Welcome..." -geometry 75x10+250+250 -bg yellow -fg navy -e /bin/welcome.sh

This should open a nice xterm window with the message in it. I have left commens in the script to give you a choice of whether the windows disappears after a chosen time or whether the user should cancel it.

jczr2 · 05-26-2003, 06:34 PM

ok, i got all that, but how do i get it to pop up every time someone loggs in. I don't quite understand how to get it to pop right up in the gui without going into the terminal window. Where do i save the second code to get it to run every time?
thanks alot

jczr2 · 05-28-2003, 09:10 PM

WOW, you guys are great. It worked perfect. This script was for a bonus 5 points i thought i needed for my case study, but I got 100% anyway, just added 5 to my lowest grade. Thanks alot, you really helped me alot.
jczr2