[Freedombox-discuss] what is a useful MOTD?

[Nick Hardiman]

I want to execute a script so IF details are displayed. Where do you want a call placed? Bashrc? Init.d/99hello?

I can put the script in GitHub - does that help? 

Many thanks
Nick


On 3 Apr 2013, at 03:37, "Nick M. Daly" <nick.m.daly at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nick, I'm sorry I haven't replied to this sooner, I had certainly meant
> to.  I like it.  The only thing I'd add is maybe an expanded set of
> instructions (the actual end-user documentation, when we get some
> written up?).
> 
>    To read more about the system, type:
> 
>        less README
> 
>    To complete the interactive walkthrough, point your browser to:
> 
>        192.168.0.2/help
> 
> Thanks for your work.  I had meant to get this into this week's image,
> but I still haven't had a chance to look into whether our included login
> message (/etc/motd) is overwritten by the multistrap process.
> 
> Nick
> 
>> echo "
>>  __                   _                 _               
>> / _|_ __ ___  ___  __| | ___  _ __ ___ | |__   _____  __
>> | |_| '__/ _ \/ _ \/ _` |/ _ \| '_ ` _ \| '_ \ / _ \ \/ /
>> |  _| | |  __/  __/ (_| | (_) | | | | | | |_) | (_) >  < 
>> |_| |_|  \___|\___|\__,_|\___/|_| |_| |_|_.__/ \___/_/\_\
>> "
>> #
>> echo "Your interfaces"
>> /sbin/ip addr list
>> echo "
>> The development environment for free, safe and secure networks. 
>> Point your web browser at: http://192.168.0.2/ 
>> Point your IDE at:  
>> * exmachina  - /path
>> * plinth - /path
>> * privoxy - /path
>> Problems? Discuss at the mailing list. 
>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/
>> "
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