bshaw@hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw) (05/10/91)
This is probably a very "basic" question . What I am looking for is something like /etc/motd. I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in *IF* this file has been updated since it was last read by this user. This file would contain specific system news info, etc and would constantly be changed by the sys_admin. I know that /bin/login is first consulted when you login so something like this is probably what I am looking for. My particular system is a Sun SS1 or SS2. Any comments appreciated. Thanks in advance. Bob Shaw Texas Instruments Dallas bshaw@hcvdl.vdl.ti.com
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (05/11/91)
From the keyboard of bshaw@hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw):
:This is probably a very "basic" question .
:
:What I am looking for is something like /etc/motd.
:
:I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in
:*IF* this file has been updated since it was last read by this
:user. This file would contain specific system news info, etc and
:would constantly be changed by the sys_admin.
One approach is to put 'make -f .hushlogin' in users' .login
files, where this file contains the following:
all: .hushlogin
.hushlogin: /etc/motd
@$${PAGER-less} /etc/motd
@touch .hushlogin
--tom
--
Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
"So much mail, so little time." darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) (05/11/91)
In article <bshaw.673889495@hcmv2> bshaw@hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw) writes: >I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in >*IF* this file has been updated since it was last read by this >user. This file would contain specific system news info, etc and >would constantly be changed by the sys_admin. Sounds like you want news(1). Check out the fine manual. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | D'Arcy Cain Consulting | There's no government Toronto, Ontario, Canada | like no government! +1 416 424 2871 |
wls@garden-brau.csd.uwm.edu (Bill Stapleton) (05/13/91)
In article <1991May10.235514.25515@druid.uucp>, darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes: > In article <bshaw.673889495@hcmv2> bshaw@hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw) writes: > >I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in ... > Sounds like you want news(1). Check out the fine manual. Or msgs(1) from BSD, available with fine BSD sources at an anonymous ftp site near you (like ftp.uu.net)... -- Bill Stapleton wls@csd4.csd.uwm.edu uwmcsd4!wls
andre@targon.UUCP (Andre van Dalen) (05/17/91)
In article <bshaw.673889495@hcmv2> bshaw@hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw) writes: >I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in >*IF* this file has been updated since it was last read by this >user. This file would contain specific system news info, etc and >would constantly be changed by the sys_admin. You could add something like this to /etc/profile, put your message in the file /etc/new_motd, . in the next lines is the users home directory, which is where his shell starts. (This example uses /bin/sh as login shell.) if [ -n "`find /etc/new_motd -newer . -print`" ] then cat /etc/new_motd touch . fi hope this helps, -- The mail| AAA DDDD It's not the kill, but the thrill of the chase. demon...| AA AAvv vvDD DD Ketchup is a vegetable. hits!.@&| AAAAAAAvv vvDD DD {nixbur|nixtor}!adalen.via --more--| AAA AAAvvvDDDDDD Andre van Dalen, uunet!hp4nl!targon!andre
fpb@ittc.wec.com (Frank P. Bresz) (05/17/91)
In article <1746@targon.UUCP> andre@targon.UUCP (Andre van Dalen) writes: >In article <bshaw.673889495@hcmv2> bshaw@hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw) writes: > >I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in > >*IF* this file has been updated since it was last read by this > >user. This file would contain specific system news info, etc and > >would constantly be changed by the sys_admin. >You could add something like this to /etc/profile, >put your message in the file /etc/new_motd, . in the next lines >is the users home directory, which is where his shell starts. >(This example uses /bin/sh as login shell.) >if [ -n "`find /etc/new_motd -newer . -print`" ] >then > cat /etc/new_motd > touch . >fi [sig deleted] Hi There, I am considering switching the bulk of the population from sh to csh just so I can more easily customize (via /etc/profile) the way I want user accounts to behave. With over 400 users what are the chances that I can put something into /etc/profile to correctly switch them to .cshrc/.login after giving them information perhaps setting ENV variables or whatever. I know I can exec csh but I can't be certain what the right thing to do is. Any help appreciated. -- | () () () | Frank P. Bresz | Westinghouse Electric Corporation | \ /\ / | fpb@ittc.wec.com | ITTC Simulators Department | \/ \/ | uunet!ittc!fpb | Those who can, do. Those who can't, simulate. | ---------- | +1 412 733 6749 | My opinions are mine, WEC don't want 'em.
fpb@ittc.wec.com (Frank P. Bresz) (05/17/91)
Of course my last post should have read from csh to sh, not what I typed which was, from sh to csh. -- | () () () | Frank P. Bresz | Westinghouse Electric Corporation | \ /\ / | fpb@ittc.wec.com | ITTC Simulators Department | \/ \/ | uunet!ittc!fpb | Those who can, do. Those who can't, simulate. | ---------- | +1 412 733 6749 | My opinions are mine, WEC don't want 'em.
jpm@logixwi.uucp (Jan-Piet Mens) (05/17/91)
andre@targon.UUCP (Andre van Dalen) writes: >In article <bshaw.673889495@hcmv2> bshaw@hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw) writes: > >I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in > >*IF* this file has been updated since it was last read by this > >user. This file would contain specific system news info, etc and > >would constantly be changed by the sys_admin. Have you ever tried /usr/bin/news ? -- Jan-Piet Mens, Logix GmbH jpm@logixwi.UUCP Moritzstr. 50, D-6200 Wiesbaden ...!uunet!mcsun!unido!logixwi!jpm
bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) (05/18/91)
>andre@targon.UUCP (Andre van Dalen) writes: > > Have you ever tried /usr/bin/news ? Is there some other more user-friendly version of news available (other than the standard sysvr3 fare?) news: index logins numbers doesn't really mean much to the novice users among my users... -- bill@unixland.uucp The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix ...!uunet!think!unixland!bill ..!{uunet,bloom-beacon,esegue}!world!unixland!bill 508-655-3848 (2400) 508-651-8723 (9600-HST) 508-651-8733 (9600-PEP-V32)
darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) (05/18/91)
In article <1991May17.230644.15016@unixland.uucp> Bill Heiser writes: >news: index logins numbers > >doesn't really mean much to the novice users among my users... It isn't necessary for the users to know how to use news. Simply create your message files in the correct directory (/usr/news) and put this line in /etc/profile: news this will print all the files in /usr/news that this user hasn't seen yet. You probably already have something like "news -n" in your /etc/profile which will cause a list of unread news to be listed on the user's terminal when they log in. The can then type "news" if they wish to read them. Read the man page on news for details. Here is a possible script to hold the user's hand (off the top of my head): if [ ! "`news -s`" = "No news." ] then echo "The following news articles have not been read by you:" news -n echo "\nDo you want to read them now? [y]\c" read ans if [ "$ans" = "y" -o "$ans" = "Y" -o "$ans" = "" ] then clear news else echo "When ready to read news enter \"news\" at any prompt" fi fi -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | D'Arcy Cain Consulting | There's no government Toronto, Ontario, Canada | like no government! +1 416 424 2871 |
bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) (05/26/91)
In article <1991May17.230644.15016@unixland.uucp> bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes: >>andre@targon.UUCP (Andre van Dalen) writes: >> Have you ever tried /usr/bin/news ? >Is there some other more user-friendly version of news available >(other than the standard sysvr3 fare?) >news: index logins numbers Why not news | more or news | less in their .profile. This way it is always read, and they don't need to know a thing -- Bill Vermillion - UUCP: ...!tarpit!bilver!bill : bill@bilver.UUCP
bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) (05/30/91)
In article <1991May26.143729.9487@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes: > > >Why not news | more or news | less in their .profile. > >This way it is always read, and they don't need to know a thing > Does this work on your Esix system Bill? On mine, when I type 'news', I see all of the files, regardless of whether or not I've seen them already. Of course I can't subject my 1200/2400 baud users to 50 pages of news (don't know exaclty how many, but there's lots) at every login :-) -bill -- bill@unixland.natick.ma.us The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix ...!uunet!think!unixland!bill bill@unixland ..!{uunet,bloom-beacon,esegue}!world!unixland!bill 508-655-3848 (2400) 508-651-8723 (9600-HST) 508-651-8733 (9600-PEP-V32)
andyb@stb.info.com (Andy B.) (06/02/91)
bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes: > Does this work on your Esix system Bill? On mine, when I type 'news', > I see all of the files, regardless of whether or not I've seen them > already. ISC's manual indicates something about a .news_time file in the home directory that keeps the "currency time" as it's modification date (so it implies). Anything in the news directory that is greater than this date will not be read. Unless you use the news -a option. Hope that helps! Andy -- If it's not broken...your girlfriend will get bored with it anyway.