On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Georghy wrote: > try a bash script like the following : > > #!/bin/sh > ADRESS=`ifconfig | grep "inet addr" | awk '{print $2}' | sed s/addr:// | > head -n 1` > echo "The IP adress is : $ADRESS." > /etc/issue Or, if you'd rather use the iproute toolset rather than ifconfig: ip -o -f inet addr show dev eth0 | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1 -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/