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From: tanel@juku.li.ttu.ee (Tanel Kuusk)
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> Is it possible to change the telnet / login message from:
> FreeBSD (bespin.com) (ttyv0)
> to:
> You idiot! (bespin.com) (ttyv0)
> ??
Sure, look at the /etc/geetytab file, find the 'im' property and change 
FreeBSD there to whatever you want. %h in this string means the hostname
and %t - the tty line.  Be sure to enter both \r and \n to the end of the
string since at login time the terminals are in raw mode.

   Tanel