From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 30 06:39:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA10560 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 06:39:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA10518 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 06:39:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA12811; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:38:30 GMT (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Message-ID: <34D1E5E9.EEFFAD5A@tdx.co.uk> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:38:33 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The Administrator CC: Norman C Rice , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/issue !? (SYSTEM V only ??) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" If you edit your /etc/gettytab, and change the 'default:' entry so it has: if=/etc/issue In it, e.g. default:\ :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:if=/etc/issue:sp#1200: It should copy the issue file to the tty before issuing the login prompt... Be warned, this doesn't work on my 2.2.5 system - but others have had it working... (see the man page for gettytab if you get stuck) Kp The Administrator wrote: > > Hi, > thanks for yor reply. > Yes /stc/issue is a System V thing > present anyway in Linux and other unix > which are derived from BSD like Digital Unix OSF. > Anyway there is under BSD a file replacing the porpouse of /etc/issue > for System V ? > is possible under FreeBSD to have some message displayed before > the login prompt?? > there is some way to do it? > thanks > > Rick > > On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Norman C Rice wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 30, 1998 at 01:38:49PM +0000, The Administrator wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > I have this problem. > > > If I write a banner message in /etc/issue > > > it is not displayed to me before the login prompt > > > loggin on my host. How come it does not work? > > > thanks > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > Humm... I thought that `/etc/issue' was a SYSV thing. > > Anyway, there was a recent thread discussing a work around. > > You might try searching the archives. > > -- > > Regards, > > Norman C. Rice, Jr. > >