| | UNIX man pages : login () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | If the file.hushlogin exists, then a "quiet" login is performed (this disables the checking of mail and the printing of the last login time and message of the day). |
 | | Last, if this is not a "quiet" login, the message of the day is printed and the file with the user's name in /var/spool/mail will be checked, and a message printed if it has non-zero length. |
 | | A recursive login, as used to be possible in the good old days, no longer works; for most purposes su(1) is a satisfactory substitute. |
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