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Bug ID 6760685
Synopsis No MOTD (message of the day) when using zsh, /etc/zprofile is needed
State 3-Accepted (Yes, that is a problem)
Category:Subcategory utility:zsh
Keywords oss-bite-size | oss-request
Sponsor
Submitter harishree
Reported Against snv_100
Duplicate Of
Introduced In
Commit to Fix
Fixed In
Release Fixed
Related Bugs 4425184
Submit Date 17-October-2008
Last Update Date 20-November-2009
Description 
When a zsh user logs in they don't see the MOTD. This is because zsh
sources /etc/zprofile and not /etc/profile as per the other common
shells.
Work Around 
ln -s profile /etc/zprofile

Or echo ". /etc/profile" > /etc/zprofile
Comments 
N/A