43 lines
1.9 KiB
Python
Executable File
43 lines
1.9 KiB
Python
Executable File
#!/usr/local/bin/python3
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import sys
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import random
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##############################################
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## Uses a skeleton motd plus a random quote ##
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## to produce a motd with a nifty quote. ##
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##------------------------------------------##
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## <gbmor> ben@gbmor.dev ##
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##############################################
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def pullfile(filename):
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with open(filename, 'r') as filesrc:
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filedata = filesrc.read()
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return filedata
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def rotatemotd(motd):
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motdmsgs = ['Abandon hope all ye who enter here',
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'We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. - Prospero, The Tempest',
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'"New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It\'s all about how people choose to use it."',
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'"If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die." - Maya Angelou',
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'"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." - Carl Sagan',
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'"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C Clarke',
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'"The biggest mistake I made was believing if I cast a beautiful net, I\'d catch only beautiful things."',
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'"A punk rock song won\'t ever change the world, but I can tell you about a couple that changed me." - Pat the Bunny',
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'"What we know is a drop, what we don\'t know is an ocean." - Isaac Newton']
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motdchoice = random.choice(motdmsgs)
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try:
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with open("/etc/motd", "w") as etcmotd:
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etcmotd.write(motd)
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etcmotd.write(motdchoice)
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etcmotd.write("\n")
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etcmotd.write("\n")
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except:
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print("Unable to open /etc/motd for writing. Who are you?")
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sys.exit(0)
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if __name__=="__main__":
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motdskel = pullfile("/admin/misc/motd.txt")
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rotatemotd(motdskel)
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