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Terminal "welcome message" question
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First off, I don't really work with Terminal at all, I just use it to check the uptime and that kind of stuff. Today I noticed that instead of receiving the "Welcome to Darwin! and the name of my computer, I am shown this:
Last login: Sat Nov 24 20:21:17 on ttys000
bootcamp-xp:~ James$
Any idea what it means? I used to have a Boot Camp partition with Windows XP installed but I erased it to give it more space and haven't gotten around to making it again. (FYI, I did an Erase and Install of Leopard after erasing the partition).
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Well there's nothing wrong with it, if that's what you're worried about.
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Originally Posted by jriveractu 
First off, I don't really work with Terminal at all, I just use it to check the uptime and that kind of stuff. Today I noticed that instead of receiving the "Welcome to Darwin! and the name of my computer, I am shown this:
Last login: Sat Nov 24 20:21:17 on ttys000
bootcamp-xp:~ James$
Any idea what it means? I used to have a Boot Camp partition with Windows XP installed but I erased it to give it more space and haven't gotten around to making it again. (FYI, I did an Erase and Install of Leopard after erasing the partition).
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
If you want to change your host name go to System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name
Apparently in Leopard there is no motd (the "Welcome to Darwin!" bit) so you might not be able to restore it.
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
If you want to change your host name go to System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name
Apparently in Leopard there is no motd (the "Welcome to Darwin!" bit) so you might not be able to restore it.
Wait, I just figured it out, Apple go rid of the motd in Leopard for some reason, but you can restore it this way:
Do this in a shell:
[codex]cd /
cd etc
sudo pico motd[/codex]
Then enter your password and type what you want then hit Cntl + X, then hit Y then enter.
You can set it to whatever you want, or just put the welcome to darwin message back.
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
Wait, I just figured it out, Apple go rid of the motd in Leopard for some reason, but you can restore it this way:
Do this in a shell:
[codex]cd /
cd etc
sudo pico motd[/codex]
Then enter your password and type what you want then hit Cntl + X, then hit Y then enter.
You can set it to whatever you want, or just put the welcome to darwin message back.
Or just [codex]sudo pico /etc/motd[/codex]
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You could also just put echo Be excellent to each other! or whatever at the top of your .bash_profile.
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