#!/bin/bash # store new admin note and regenerate MOTD TEXT=$* NAME=`whoami` DATE=`date` if [ "$TEXT" = "" ] then echo "Usage: admin_note " exit 0 fi if [ "$NAME" = "root" ] then echo "You are currently 'root', what is you real username?" echo -n "> " read NAME fi echo Text: "$*" echo -n "Adding text ... " echo "* From:" $NAME "Date:" $DATE >> /usr/local/share/motd/messages echo "$*" >> /usr/local/share/motd/messages echo "done." echo -n "Updating MOTD ... " sudo /usr/local/sbin/update_motd echo "done." exit 0