1. Once you login CDE begins to initialize itself through a series of ksh
programs located in /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d. Creating a new script in
this directory can allow you to execute a CDE built in error reporting
program which you can use to display your message. The error messaging
program will open a window during the dtlogin session and require the
user to click on OK. Look at the naming convention used for the CDE
initialization scripts.
# ls -l /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d
2. Create the following script called 0003.message in the Xsession.d
directory.
#!/bin/sh
#
# This shell script invokes a dialog
# giving the user time to read the message of the day
#
message=`cat /etc/motd | sed 's/$/\\\n/'`
/usr/dt/bin/dterror.ds "$message" "A Message" "Click here when finished"
3. Change the mode of the new script to make it executable
# chmod a+x 0003.message
4. Create a message of the day file in /etc/motd
Note: Any message (i.e. a security message) can be displayed using
this method. Just replace the /etc/motd with the path to the file
to be displayed.