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From: Tom Fischer <tfischer@panoramix.rain.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Login Message
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 08:34:53 +0000
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To: Poom Malakul <poom@bhpp.moph.go.th>

Poom Malakul wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
>     Would you please tell me how to change the login message.
> I don't know where the file is. I've tried ".profile" but
> this doesn't help. I think there should be some files for
> system login message and user login message.Where are they ?
> 
> Thanks
> poom


You want to modify the /etc/motd file (Message Of The Day)...

tom
tfischer@rain.fr