From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 29 18:48:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA05642 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:48:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ss454.dyn.ml.org (putc7159050.cts.com [204.216.159.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA05636 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:48:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org) Received: from localhost (michaelr@localhost) by ss454.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA11495 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:49:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:49:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Reeh cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnetd /etc/issue patch In-Reply-To: <199807300114.SAA29951@beaufort.sfu.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i beleive all you need to muck up your /etc/gettytab w/ is if=/etc/issue in the correct spot.. even easier than applying a patch :) mike reeh michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Paul Wolstenholme wrote: > Instead of mucking with gettytab, I understand there might be a patch out > there for telnetd that allows you to use the /etc/issue file to create a > banner before the login prompt. > > I just want to have a little blurb for people if they are have difficulty > logging in or whatever. > > /Paul > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message