[nos-bbs] Sending a welcome message when connecting to the RF port

Langelaar maiko at pcsinternet.ca
Fri Nov 26 14:35:54 EST 2021


Completely forgot about that one, oh wow, thanks Robert !

That's what happens when one codes too much, and sysops too little :(

Maiko

On 11/26/21 1:17 PM, Robert - VE2HAR wrote:
>
> Hello Christopher,
>
> You may configure it in  “motd.txt”  file in  /nos/spool directory.
>
> 73 Robert, VE2HAR
>
> *From:*nos-bbs [mailto:nos-bbs-bounces at lists.tapr.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *debiani386 via nos-bbs
> *Sent:* Friday, November 26, 2021 12:28
> *To:* jjn at nuge.com; nos-bbs at lists.tapr.org
> *Cc:* debiani386
> *Subject:* Re: [nos-bbs] Sending a welcome message when connecting to 
> the RF port
>
> Tmsg is only for telnet though. When a user connects over the RF port, 
> they don't receive the message I have configured in tmsg. When they 
> connect over telnet, then they get that message. I'm wondering if 
> there is a way to get that same message to display when connecting 
> over the RF port?
>
> - Christopher Kelley
>
>
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>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Nov 26, 2021, 07:46, Jay < jjn at nuge.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings Christopher,
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 2021, debiani386 via nos-bbs wrote:
>
> > Is there a way on jnos to send a welcome message when a user 
> connects to the RF port like
> > what is sent when a user connects via telnet? Something like 
> "Welcome to the AZGATE jnos
> > node - issue the N command for a list of nodes" when the user 
> connects to the RF port?
>
> When connecting, a user receives whatever text is in the MBOX TMSG
> setting in AUTOEXEC.NOS
>
> For example:
>
> mbox tmsg "For login {callsign) & your name for password.\n\n"
>
> So you can set your MBOX TMSG like this:
>
> mbox tmsg "Welcome to the AZGATE jnos node - issue the N command
> for a list of nodes. \n\n"
>
> The \n is a NEWLINE, which scrolls the screen one line. Kinda like a
> carriage return would do. So in this case we scroll the screen at the end
> of the text and one additional line before presenting the LOGIN prompt,
>
> Hope this helps ya!
>
> --- Jay Nugent WB8TKL
> o ARRL Michigan Section ASM for Digital Technologies
> o Chair, Michigan Section "Digital Radio Group" (DRG)
> [ www.MI-DRG.org <http://www.MI-DRG.org> ]
>
> > Christopher Kelley
> > KG7UJH
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