editing /etc/motd

[Nalin Dahyabhai]

On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 01:23:10PM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 06:13:46PM +1100, Ben Stringer wrote:
> > > I'm trying to edit /etc/motd to include various things, say like kernel
> > > version. Adding a line like `uname -r` doesn't work, it simply echoes
> > > that instead of executing the command. Any way I can actually accomplish
> > > this?
> > I'd suggest adding some code to /etc/rc.local to write what you want. As
> 
> Or, go a different route: instead of editing motd, put a little script in
> /etc/profile.d that prints what you want.

Be careful, when doing that, that you check that output is going to a
terminal (with "test -t" or some equivalent) first.  Unexpected spewage
breaks things like scp.

Cheers,

Nalin