From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 30 17:01:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA01313 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:01:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.hempseed.com ([199.97.97.179]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01253 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:01:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from unixphreak@hempseed.com) Received: from hempseed.com ([24.65.68.3]) by mail.hempseed.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO203a ID# 0-0U10L2S100) with ESMTP id AAA114 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:47:32 -0400 Message-ID: <3612C6AE.4C39FFE1@hempseed.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:02:54 -0500 From: nervous and weird X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: gettytab headaches Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I just installed 2.2.7-STABLE (i love how many more packages you have with it btw ;P) and my gettytab file is giving me migranes. I have a nice issue screen that covers a good 2/3 of the screen, and i was using if=/etc/issue in my gettytab file to point to it, however when it comes to remote connections they just see "login:" and no issue screen. I converted the issue file into an im= statement line-per-line and now telnetd refuses connections, however when i use a single line im= statement instead it works. This leads me to believe the issue screen is perhaps too large, and that there is a restriction on the size of remote issue screens. My local consoles have no problem with the im= statement though. What I need to know is, am I right in assuming there is a limit, is there any way around this or is there anyway to use an if= to use an issue file and have it go out remotely? Looked over the faq and handbook and got no luck. I read the man page and it's unbelievably cryptic and says nothing about remote issue screens. Help o_O `Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message