Roland Roland wrote: > > Dear all, > > i've appended the below to /etc/bashrc it works like a charm with ssh > connections though SFTP sessions fail since the below is being sent to > the intiator. > any way of limiting the below to none sftp sessions? or any other idea > for it to work? I have the following in a bashrc for this same reason, it works fine: # print a fortune in new interactive terminals # the test for $PS1 (value of the prompt) makes sftp work if [ -n "$PS1" ] ; then fortune ; echo fi