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Display a random fortune in the login window
If you don't wish to install fink a Mac OS X package of fortune can be found at: http://dsandler.org/soft/macosx/message.php
You'll also need to change the path in the script from Also, that version doesn't support the
Display a random fortune in the login window
Notwithstanding the suggested remedy to the double quotes thing, I'm still unable to 'fortune' quotes containing double quotes. Whether I use my fortunes or the system supplied ones, whenever I run the command I get the following error
I'm not that fluent with shell substitution of single or doiuble quotes, but I've made some unsuccessful attempts to over-quote the expression.
Is is just me or has somebody else run into the same problem?
Mattia
Display a random fortune in the login window
This doesn't work if you login as a "standard" user. Try to run the command from terminal. You won't have permissions, now login as an admin user and it will work. |
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