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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.starlink.com!usenet From: alschnei@starlink.com (Alan Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Menu instead of prompt Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:31:38 GMT Organization: StarLink Internet Services Lines: 34 Message-ID: <46u03c$o6n@pegasus.starlink.com> References: <DH2IMz.7CA@westonia.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: alschnei.starlink.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 mark@email.icacomp.com (ICA Canada On-Line Inc.) wrote: >Is there a way I can setup BSDI to show up menu with customized >selections instead of standard prompt when users login through modem, >or telnet? Thanks. Yes. First, you need to write or get a menu script. If you want I can forward the one my users are getting when they log in. Then, in their .profile, you need to append the statement that loads it. For example, I always put a statement like printf "\n" printf "Press any key to load menu" read key menu The reason I have them press a key is that the previouslines tell them if they have any mail and also displays the motd. 'menu' is in the usr/bin directory so that it is accessible from anywhere via the path. Once you do this for your existing users, go to /usr/share/skel and edit the dot.profile. This is the default profile copied to a new users home directory when they are created. This way, any new users you create will automatically have the menu load when they log in. >905-281-3501 >+---------------------> >| >ICA Canada On-Line Inc. >http://www.icacomp.com/ >FULL SLIP $149 / year!!