Show message on runlevel change

Question

I have an assignment where i have to show a message when entering runlevel 3 and when exiting runlevel 3. I have created the script in init.d:

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo "Welcome to RC3"
    ;;
  stop)
    echo "RC3 says goodbye"
    ;;
esac

exit 0

And created a symbolic link in rc3.d.

however: when changing runlevel the message is not shown

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The message may not be directed to the right console. Double-check that the script is actually being run; you could try redirecting the message to a file:

echo "Welcome to RC3" >/tmp/messagetest

If that works, you'll need to redirect the message to the proper console, e.g.

echo "Welcome to RC3" >/dev/console

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answered 24 Nov '12, 16:56

KJ4TIP
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edited 24 Nov '12, 16:58

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