NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/sys/sun/admin/9452

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Subject: how to force readers to read a system message?
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Has anyone out there figured out how to do this yet??
I find that anything in /etc/motd is generally ignored by
at least 80% of our users. If we make them hit carriage return
or something similar after reading the message they generally
ignore the message and hit carriage return. Perhaps a quiz
on the contents of the message displayed? When will the system
be going down? Why is the system going down? Who is your Lord
and Master? What is your Bell Calling card number? etc...
Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.
                   Martin A. Thompson
   ... usin' my bosses account 'cause were too poor to get me my own
       and I got dem second class networking blues... oh yeah... I got...
                   Internet: [e-mail]   OR [e-mail]