2009/10/9 Steve Blackwell <zephod at cfl.rr.com>: > I'm using xmessage from /etc/profile to put up a message whenever > anyone logs in. It works fine but it is butt ugly! Does anyone know of > an alternative? Perhaps something that uses a GNOME theme? Zenity It's probably already installed as loads of things use it. Try typing "zenity --help" -- Sam