session messages

[GaTk]

How can I stop/disable the unwanted messages/quotes that are displayed every time a new terminal session is opened in Slack 11 ????

Thanks

Tes in Atlanta

[devils casper]

open /etc/profile file and look for commands ( continuous ) 'echo; fortune; echo'.
delete these or put '#' sign before the line.



casper

[GaTk]

Casper
Thanks for the pointer to my /etc/profile... There was no reference to "fortune" anywhere but after some cut & try, I eliminated the messages by commenting the following. Like so much of Linux, I haven't the foggiest idea what those lines did but the messages have disappeared.


# Append any additional sh scripts found in /etc/profile.d/:
#for profile_script in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
# if [ -x $profile_script ]; then
# . $profile_script
# fi
#done#!/bin/csh
#unset profile_script




Thanks again

Ted in Atlanta

[devils casper]

# Append any additional sh scripts found in /etc/profile.d/:
#for profile_script in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
# if [ -x $profile_script ]; then
# . $profile_script
# fi
#done#!/bin/csh
#unset profile_script

this will stop execution of all the scripts in profile.d folder. some scripts are very useful and necessary for proper working of shell. open /etc/profile.d folder and look for fortune script. move it somewhere else.




casper

[GaTk]

Casper

You're right. I suspected I went too far by stopping the execution of the guys in profile,d......
although I hadn't run into any discernable problems.

I ended up by undoing my original commenting and going into profile.d and commenting the
contents of the "fortune cookie" nonsense...."bsd-games-login-fortune.sh"

Again... thanks for the pointers...

Ted in Atlanta