Ideally, it should be displayed on the GUI, like the date/time and hostname -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Sent: mardi 20 avril 2010 16:22 To: 'CentOS mailing list' Subject: Re: [CentOS] How to display the IP on the welcome screen From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Patrick DERWAEL Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:01 PM To: centos at centos.org Subject: [CentOS] How to display the IP on the welcome screen Hi all, I'm running CentOS 5.4 in a VMware guest, with the host connected to a DHCP enabled LAN When CentOS comes up, I would like to see the IP adress displayed on the welcome screen. This would save me the hassle of logging in the VM, getting the IP, and logging off before finally ssh'ing to the VM. ============= Is this to be shown on the GUI welcome screen or when you eg ssh in? -- /Sorin