From: chet.ramey@case.edu (Chet Ramey)
Subject: [TUHS] Origin of the MOTD file?
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:36:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d0099789-dc3b-2f0a-59b3-0c72c3c896c0@case.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001d01d3bc73$3bcf5220$b36df660$@ronnatalie.com>
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On 3/15/18 11:35 AM, Ron Natalie wrote:
> One amusing thing to do with /etc/motd is to add the like “You might have
> mail.” I thought it was a cute joke, but I never realized how much
> confusion it would cause. I did it at BRL and had people sending me
> email asking why they didn’t have mail (it only said you MIGHT).
Try adding "Segmentation Fault (core dumped)".
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet at case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-15 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-15 15:29 Dan Cross
2018-03-15 15:35 ` Ron Natalie
2018-03-15 15:36 ` Chet Ramey [this message]
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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