Currently when reboot notices appear in the console we are suppressing the wall banner with -n so no timestamp of when the wall message appears for the user. So for example if a console session is left idle overnight, see the following warning doesn't tell the user much about when the upcoming reboot actually is:
[root@asd-pup01 ~]#
This server (asd-pup01.internal.ncsa.edu) will be updated and rebooted in 24 hours.
[root@asd-pup01 ~]#
I suggest we append date +%r or similar to wall messages about pending reboots. Or simply remove -n option from wall commands.
This needs to be addressed in the following files (and perhaps elsewhere):
Currently when reboot notices appear in the console we are suppressing the
wall
banner with-n
so no timestamp of when the wall message appears for the user. So for example if a console session is left idle overnight, see the following warning doesn't tell the user much about when the upcoming reboot actually is:I suggest we append
date +%r
or similar to wall messages about pending reboots. Or simply remove-n
option fromwall
commands.This needs to be addressed in the following files (and perhaps elsewhere):