how to change the broadcast message when rebooting centos server

ashlyjay · 10-30-2012, 08:25 AM

Hi guys,

i am wondering if how can change the broadcast message when i reboot the centos server. I found out the on centos 6 and up, there is no broadcast message when rebooting, but for centos 5 version, there is broadcast message.

It would be great if we can do this.=)

MensaWater · 10-30-2012, 10:21 AM

With the shutdown command you can specify a message to send after specifying time to wait:

shutdown -r 0 "Going down because I feel like it"

Would do a reboot immediately and should send the message after the 0.

You could do this in 5 as well.