From: crossd@gmail.com (Dan Cross)
Subject: [TUHS] Origin of the MOTD file?
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:29:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEoi9W49jx_hrNd11meGGJi00cZ+FDs9BtB_W7b2c=drujzNSA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
One of the things that's always fascinated me about Unix is the community
aspect; in particular, I imagine that in the early days when machines were
multiplexed among many simultaneous users, I wonder whether there was a
greater sense of knowing what others were up to, working on, or generally
doing.
I think of the /etc/motd file as being a part of this. It is, in some very
real sense, a way to announce things to the entire user community.
So what are its origins? Where did it first appear? I haven't dug into
this, but I imagine it was at Berkeley. What was it used for early on at
individual sites?
- Dan C.
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2018-03-15 15:29 Dan Cross [this message]
2018-03-15 15:35 ` Ron Natalie
2018-03-15 15:36 ` Chet Ramey
2018-03-15 15:41 ` Ron Natalie
2018-03-15 20:20 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-03-15 20:25 ` Warner Losh
2018-03-15 15:51 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-15 15:53 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-15 16:55 ` Ron Natalie
2018-03-15 18:04 ` Jeremy C. Reed
2018-03-15 20:00 Doug McIlroy
2018-03-15 20:51 ` Dave Horsfall
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