From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FDotF-0002Ha-Gi for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:22:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1RKLZWx026308; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:21:35 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1RKEuwa013164 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:14:57 GMT Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k1RKEuxY020792 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:14:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k1RKEt3P007428 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:14:56 -0500 (EST) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 53F57730A8; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:15:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:15:07 -0500 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information Message-ID: <20060227201507.GC3186@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <7573e9640602270900p350fb7b5lfe5074f0651e3298@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640602271145j4cfb4a60k770e6520775b8124@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7573e9640602271145j4cfb4a60k770e6520775b8124@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: fe472354-f0d2-4ecc-b93f-67b8b44b6868 X-Archives-Hash: 05d2db755fb01bcfeb64d4f25e176b03 On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:45:58PM -0700, Penguin Lover Richard Fish squawked: > The current time will be difficult. But you could create a file (like > /etc/issue.ssh) with the rest of the information in it: > > echo "This is `hostname`.`hostname -d` ( `uname -s` `uname -m` `uname > -r` )" > /etc/issue.ssh > > You could put the above in local.start to update the hostname or > kernel version information at each boot. > IIRC, another choice is to emerge linux-logo. I believe it comes with a init.d script that does precisely that. And you can program in an ANSI/ASCII banner while you are at it. W -- So there was an argument over what type of engineer God was, to have created man. Some suggested Electrical Engineer, given the complex neural network, others suggested Mechanical Engineer, given the amazing mechanics of the body. It was finally realized that he was a Civil Engineer, as only a Civ. E. would put an waste management facility in a recreational area. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 107 days, 12:37 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list