Random MOTD ?

[Nailz]

How do I set my MOTD to be random?

I have a list of messages that I'd like to display...funny quips, sayings, etc. But I don't want to go in and change it
all the time. I want to supply a list and have it randomized? Any ideas or programs out there to do it?

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[YaRness]

can't you use the fortune program to do something like that? i think it's got options to specify types of fortunes, i think the types are just divided up by directory.

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[TheLinuxDuck]

Yea, just set up fortune to run during boot up as:

fortune > /etc/motd

That way it will always be fresh each time you login.

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[Sterling]

The best way is to run fortune from /etc/profile, which is executed on login by BASH and all other Bourne-style shells. Then set up a fortune database (sorry, I don't know how to do this) with the quotes and so on you want in it.

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-Sterling
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