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Date:      Sat, 13 Mar 1999 18:22:31 -0500 (EST)
From:      hometeam <hometeam@techpower.net>
To:        Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
Cc:        Noah <noah@oopz.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903131821570.33335-100000@techpower.net>
In-Reply-To: <36EAEB45.98F81B7D@aei.ca>

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On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Malartre wrote:

> > Noah wrote:
> > 
> > I am new to freebsd, but I a machine set up now.  I want to have
> > people to be able to telnet into my machine.  This works fine.  I want
> > to display a message before the login prompt, similiar to some ISPs.
> > Is there a file I need to edit?  If so which one.  I was told
> > /etc/issue, but that does not exist on my system.
> > 
> > when I telnet into this machine I get the following:
> > 
> > FreeBSD/i386 (hostname) (ttyv0)
> > 
> > login:
> > 
> > I want to change this to say something else before the login prompt.
> > Please
> > let me know.
> > 
> > E-mail is better than posting if possible
> > 
> > noah@oopz.com
> > 
> > I also would like to remove the copyright info that is displayed after
> > the usedr logs in.  I mean not have the copyright info displayed.
> > 
> > How can I do this
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Noah Davidson
> Hi
> 1) You should not send messages in HTML, since many people cannot read
> them.
> 2) You should put a subject to your mail.
> 3) Edit /etc/gettytab for the message before the login prompt and find
> that line:
> default:\
> 	somethingFreeBSDsomething
> 4) Edit /etc/motd for the message after the login prompt.
> Thank You
> -- 
> [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][French piss me off! - Cartman, South Park]
> [The FreeBSD User Guide][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/freebsd/]
> 
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