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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Martin Spitzbarth <m.spitzbarth AT gmx.de>:
> I stronlgy object to the onetime run idea in the strict one time sense.
> I've had too many linux installations fail after the first boot due to
> various reasons (wrong kernel parameters, fancy stuff I changed during
> install that I screwed up, ...). I like the idea that the message goes
> away by its own, but I suggest a grace period of some days or some
> number of reboots instead of a now-or-never chance.
>
> I like Remko's idea with the manpages, so we could place something
> like "echo Type in 'man afterboot' for further instruction or edit
> ~/.bash_login to remove this message." into root's .bash_login. That
> one line doesn't use up much screen estate while at the same time it
> gives enough information to get started.

I like the manpage idea, but who'll write it? :) As for where the  
information is portrayed I prefer /etc/motd rather than a  
user-specific and shell-specific login script.

-sandalle

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