From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 15 11:17:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 11:17:31 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com (cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com [24.88.102.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFFF237B402 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:17:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dmaddox@localhost) by cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBFJHSu12452; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:17:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dmaddox) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:17:28 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" To: Steven Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Couple of basic questions Message-ID: <20001215141727.A12412@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> Reply-To: dmaddox@sc.rr.com Mail-Followup-To: Steven , FreeBSD Questions References: <006501c066c8$200959f0$2210a7d1@inferno> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from steven@trance.org on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 07:00:39PM -0000 Return-Receipt-To: dmaddox@sc.rr.com Sender: dmaddox@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can use an /etc/issue on FBSD too. Creare /etc/issue with your desred login message, then change /etc/gettytab to something like this: default:\ :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:if=/etc/issue:sp#1200: then kill -1 1 to get init to reread it... HTH On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 07:00:39PM -0000, Steven wrote: > > > b) How can i change the message which is displayed when people telnet to > > my > > > fbsd machines? > > > > I can answer the second one... just edit /etc/motd > > ahha! I'm aware of this, but simply editting this file does not help as I > wish for people not to see the version number of fbsd, and at boot time this > is inserted by the operating system. Is there a way of turning this off or > is the best way to do it getting an rc file to copy my copy over the current > /etc/motd? > > Thanks > > Steven > > > > 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