How do I add welcome message to Linux?
I want to add a welcome message (and change a greetings row) to Linux.
I added
echo "Hello"
PS1="u $: "
to “.profile” file, but nothing happens after the reboot. Why?
command-line sudo .profile
asked Feb 23 '17 at 14:49
KosararKosarar
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I want to add a welcome message (and change a greetings row) to Linux.
I added
echo "Hello"
PS1="u $: "
to “.profile” file, but nothing happens after the reboot. Why?
command-line sudo .profile
asked Feb 23 '17 at 14:49
KosararKosarar
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2
When should this be shown? On the GUI login screen? After logging in from the GUI? On the command line login? Again, before or after logging in? Or maybe when connecting throughssh? Please edit your question and clarify what you are trying to do.
– terdon♦
Feb 23 '17 at 15:00
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I want to add a welcome message (and change a greetings row) to Linux.
I added
echo "Hello"
PS1="u $: "
to “.profile” file, but nothing happens after the reboot. Why?
command-line sudo .profile
asked Feb 23 '17 at 14:49
KosararKosarar
1417
I want to add a welcome message (and change a greetings row) to Linux.
I added
echo "Hello"
PS1="u $: "
to “.profile” file, but nothing happens after the reboot. Why?
command-line sudo .profile
command-line sudo .profile
asked Feb 23 '17 at 14:49
KosararKosarar
1417
asked Feb 23 '17 at 14:49
KosararKosarar
1417
asked Feb 23 '17 at 14:49
KosararKosarar
1417
asked Feb 23 '17 at 14:49
KosararKosarar
1417
asked Feb 23 '17 at 14:49
KosararKosarar
1417
1417
2
When should this be shown? On the GUI login screen? After logging in from the GUI? On the command line login? Again, before or after logging in? Or maybe when connecting throughssh? Please edit your question and clarify what you are trying to do.
– terdon♦
Feb 23 '17 at 15:00
add a comment |
2
When should this be shown? On the GUI login screen? After logging in from the GUI? On the command line login? Again, before or after logging in? Or maybe when connecting throughssh? Please edit your question and clarify what you are trying to do.
– terdon♦
Feb 23 '17 at 15:00
2
2
When should this be shown? On the GUI login screen? After logging in from the GUI? On the command line login? Again, before or after logging in? Or maybe when connecting through
ssh? Please edit your question and clarify what you are trying to do.– terdon♦
Feb 23 '17 at 15:00
When should this be shown? On the GUI login screen? After logging in from the GUI? On the command line login? Again, before or after logging in? Or maybe when connecting through
ssh? Please edit your question and clarify what you are trying to do.– terdon♦
Feb 23 '17 at 15:00
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In order to make this work, you need to understand the order and when each config file for shell is being sourced( aka loaded). ~/.profile is sourced at the time of logging in. It will be shown in TTY console perfectly fine - I personally have a message like that in my ~/.profile for when I go into TTY specifically. If you call a shell again from that session, it won't be sourced. Same thing in GUI. You log-in , the file is sourced only once.
My guess is that you are trying to show the message in the GUI terminal. When you log in into desktop your ~/.profile is already sourced, which also means it will not be sourced again in any terminal under that session, and message won't be shown. There's your problem.
The solution would be to place that message at the end of ~/.bashrc. That file is sourced when each interactive session is open, regardless of whether you are logging-in or not.
answered Feb 23 '17 at 15:42
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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I do not know what "sourced" means, but it works!
– Kosarar
Feb 23 '17 at 16:00
@user3107513 just means "loaded". Nothing more nothing less :)
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Feb 23 '17 at 16:01
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If you want to get a custom message when you log in via ssh, you need to put a text file in /etc/update-motd.d. Give it a name like 11-my-banner-message and make the permissions -rwxr-xr-x.
The file can look like this
#!/bin/sh
#
#
printf "n"
printf " Howdy There!n"
answered Feb 23 '17 at 16:18
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
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You can do so by simply adding a few lines in the ~/.bashrc file, which would make changes for only the current user for the default shell Bash. Check this out for the full explanation on showing custom-message/ASCII-art/random-one-liner as welcome to the linux terminal.
answered Feb 10 at 11:09
Devarshi Devarshi
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In order to make this work, you need to understand the order and when each config file for shell is being sourced( aka loaded). ~/.profile is sourced at the time of logging in. It will be shown in TTY console perfectly fine - I personally have a message like that in my ~/.profile for when I go into TTY specifically. If you call a shell again from that session, it won't be sourced. Same thing in GUI. You log-in , the file is sourced only once.
My guess is that you are trying to show the message in the GUI terminal. When you log in into desktop your ~/.profile is already sourced, which also means it will not be sourced again in any terminal under that session, and message won't be shown. There's your problem.
The solution would be to place that message at the end of ~/.bashrc. That file is sourced when each interactive session is open, regardless of whether you are logging-in or not.
answered Feb 23 '17 at 15:42
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
74k9154323
I do not know what "sourced" means, but it works!
– Kosarar
Feb 23 '17 at 16:00
@user3107513 just means "loaded". Nothing more nothing less :)
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Feb 23 '17 at 16:01
add a comment |
In order to make this work, you need to understand the order and when each config file for shell is being sourced( aka loaded). ~/.profile is sourced at the time of logging in. It will be shown in TTY console perfectly fine - I personally have a message like that in my ~/.profile for when I go into TTY specifically. If you call a shell again from that session, it won't be sourced. Same thing in GUI. You log-in , the file is sourced only once.
My guess is that you are trying to show the message in the GUI terminal. When you log in into desktop your ~/.profile is already sourced, which also means it will not be sourced again in any terminal under that session, and message won't be shown. There's your problem.
The solution would be to place that message at the end of ~/.bashrc. That file is sourced when each interactive session is open, regardless of whether you are logging-in or not.
answered Feb 23 '17 at 15:42
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
74k9154323
I do not know what "sourced" means, but it works!
– Kosarar
Feb 23 '17 at 16:00
@user3107513 just means "loaded". Nothing more nothing less :)
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Feb 23 '17 at 16:01
add a comment |
In order to make this work, you need to understand the order and when each config file for shell is being sourced( aka loaded). ~/.profile is sourced at the time of logging in. It will be shown in TTY console perfectly fine - I personally have a message like that in my ~/.profile for when I go into TTY specifically. If you call a shell again from that session, it won't be sourced. Same thing in GUI. You log-in , the file is sourced only once.
My guess is that you are trying to show the message in the GUI terminal. When you log in into desktop your ~/.profile is already sourced, which also means it will not be sourced again in any terminal under that session, and message won't be shown. There's your problem.
The solution would be to place that message at the end of ~/.bashrc. That file is sourced when each interactive session is open, regardless of whether you are logging-in or not.
answered Feb 23 '17 at 15:42
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
74k9154323
In order to make this work, you need to understand the order and when each config file for shell is being sourced( aka loaded). ~/.profile is sourced at the time of logging in. It will be shown in TTY console perfectly fine - I personally have a message like that in my ~/.profile for when I go into TTY specifically. If you call a shell again from that session, it won't be sourced. Same thing in GUI. You log-in , the file is sourced only once.
My guess is that you are trying to show the message in the GUI terminal. When you log in into desktop your ~/.profile is already sourced, which also means it will not be sourced again in any terminal under that session, and message won't be shown. There's your problem.
The solution would be to place that message at the end of ~/.bashrc. That file is sourced when each interactive session is open, regardless of whether you are logging-in or not.
answered Feb 23 '17 at 15:42
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
74k9154323
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answered Feb 23 '17 at 15:42
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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answered Feb 23 '17 at 15:42
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
74k9154323
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Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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I do not know what "sourced" means, but it works!
– Kosarar
Feb 23 '17 at 16:00
@user3107513 just means "loaded". Nothing more nothing less :)
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Feb 23 '17 at 16:01
add a comment |
I do not know what "sourced" means, but it works!
– Kosarar
Feb 23 '17 at 16:00
@user3107513 just means "loaded". Nothing more nothing less :)
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Feb 23 '17 at 16:01
I do not know what "sourced" means, but it works!
– Kosarar
Feb 23 '17 at 16:00
I do not know what "sourced" means, but it works!
– Kosarar
Feb 23 '17 at 16:00
@user3107513 just means "loaded". Nothing more nothing less :)
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Feb 23 '17 at 16:01
@user3107513 just means "loaded". Nothing more nothing less :)
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Feb 23 '17 at 16:01
add a comment |
If you want to get a custom message when you log in via ssh, you need to put a text file in /etc/update-motd.d. Give it a name like 11-my-banner-message and make the permissions -rwxr-xr-x.
The file can look like this
#!/bin/sh
#
#
printf "n"
printf " Howdy There!n"
answered Feb 23 '17 at 16:18
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
11.4k63459
add a comment |
If you want to get a custom message when you log in via ssh, you need to put a text file in /etc/update-motd.d. Give it a name like 11-my-banner-message and make the permissions -rwxr-xr-x.
The file can look like this
#!/bin/sh
#
#
printf "n"
printf " Howdy There!n"
answered Feb 23 '17 at 16:18
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
11.4k63459
add a comment |
If you want to get a custom message when you log in via ssh, you need to put a text file in /etc/update-motd.d. Give it a name like 11-my-banner-message and make the permissions -rwxr-xr-x.
The file can look like this
#!/bin/sh
#
#
printf "n"
printf " Howdy There!n"
answered Feb 23 '17 at 16:18
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
11.4k63459
If you want to get a custom message when you log in via ssh, you need to put a text file in /etc/update-motd.d. Give it a name like 11-my-banner-message and make the permissions -rwxr-xr-x.
The file can look like this
#!/bin/sh
#
#
printf "n"
printf " Howdy There!n"
answered Feb 23 '17 at 16:18
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
11.4k63459
answered Feb 23 '17 at 16:18
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
11.4k63459
answered Feb 23 '17 at 16:18
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
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answered Feb 23 '17 at 16:18
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You can do so by simply adding a few lines in the ~/.bashrc file, which would make changes for only the current user for the default shell Bash. Check this out for the full explanation on showing custom-message/ASCII-art/random-one-liner as welcome to the linux terminal.
answered Feb 10 at 11:09
Devarshi Devarshi
1
add a comment |
You can do so by simply adding a few lines in the ~/.bashrc file, which would make changes for only the current user for the default shell Bash. Check this out for the full explanation on showing custom-message/ASCII-art/random-one-liner as welcome to the linux terminal.
answered Feb 10 at 11:09
Devarshi Devarshi
1
add a comment |
You can do so by simply adding a few lines in the ~/.bashrc file, which would make changes for only the current user for the default shell Bash. Check this out for the full explanation on showing custom-message/ASCII-art/random-one-liner as welcome to the linux terminal.
answered Feb 10 at 11:09
Devarshi Devarshi
1
You can do so by simply adding a few lines in the ~/.bashrc file, which would make changes for only the current user for the default shell Bash. Check this out for the full explanation on showing custom-message/ASCII-art/random-one-liner as welcome to the linux terminal.
answered Feb 10 at 11:09
Devarshi Devarshi
1
answered Feb 10 at 11:09
Devarshi Devarshi
1
answered Feb 10 at 11:09
Devarshi Devarshi
1
answered Feb 10 at 11:09
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When should this be shown? On the GUI login screen? After logging in from the GUI? On the command line login? Again, before or after logging in? Or maybe when connecting through
ssh? Please edit your question and clarify what you are trying to do.– terdon♦
Feb 23 '17 at 15:00