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by **Peter Koldi** » Sun, 02 Feb 1997 04:00:00

Which file do I have to edit to allow a system banner or information
screen to appear before the login prompt appears? (FreeBSD 2.15R)

Thanks in advance.

by **Nathan V. Patwardh** » Sun, 02 Feb 1997 04:00:00

: Which file do I have to edit to allow a system banner or information
: screen to appear before the login prompt appears? (FreeBSD 2.15R)

Look at the /etc/rc.* files.

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by **J Wuns** » Mon, 03 Feb 1997 04:00:00

> Which file do I have to edit to allow a system banner or information
> screen to appear before the login prompt appears? (FreeBSD 2.15R)

Not a file, but all logins get this from the `im' capability in
gettytab(5). Unlike SysV :), you can even change it for telnet
logins.

For example, that's my banner message:

Welcome at uriah.heep.sax.de!
Current date & time: Sun Feb 2 02:18:07 MET 1997
Please login with "msg" if you wanna leave a message to the owner.

login:

My default gettytab entry is:

default:\
:ap:fd#1000:\
:im=\r\nWelcome at %h!\r\nCurrent date & time\072 %d\r\nPlease login with "msg
" if you wanna leave a message to the owner.\r\n\r\n:\
:sp#1200:ce:ck

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by **J Wuns** » Mon, 03 Feb 1997 04:00:00

> Which file do I have to edit to allow a system banner or information
> screen to appear before the login prompt appears? (FreeBSD 2.15R)

Btw., David Nugent added the ability to specify an /etc/issue-like
login banner today.

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by **Joe Warren-Meek** » Wed, 05 Feb 1997 04:00:00

> Look at the /etc/rc.* files.

actually its gettytab, under the default entry

joe

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by **Steve Bernack** » Thu, 06 Feb 1997 04:00:00

J"org--

Where can this change be found... 2.2? :-) I was toying with the idea of
writing something like this that would allow you to run a program and put
it's std output as the banner. For example, I could run 'fortune' as part
of the banner. Has someone already implimented this?

Thanks!
-S

: > Which file do I have to edit to allow a system banner or information
: > screen to appear before the login prompt appears? (FreeBSD 2.15R)

: Btw., David Nugent added the ability to specify an /etc/issue-like
: login banner today.

: --
: cheers, J"org

: Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)

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by **J Wuns** » Wed, 12 Feb 1997 04:00:00

> Where can this change be found... 2.2? :-)

No, the login class implementation didn't make it into 2.2 (and won't
be merged since it's a new feature that's still under development).

I'm not sure whether David Nugent intends to merge some of his changes
that are not so login class dependant.

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