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Date:      Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:42:14 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        "Cordula's Web" <cpghost@cordula.ws>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pre-login massage.
Message-ID:  <20031206114214.GB20462@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200312061135.hB6BZVlG049019@fw.farid-hajji.net>
References:  <33027.81.31.164.174.1070740601.squirrel@ce.sharif.edu> <200312061135.hB6BZVlG049019@fw.farid-hajji.net>

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On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 12:35:31PM +0100, Cordula's Web wrote:
> >    In Linux There is a file in /etc named issue which contains the
> > pre-login massage. But it seems there is not such a file in FreeBSD.
> > How can I display a pre-login massage in my FreeBSD box.
>=20
> >From login.conf(5):
>   login_prompt      string              The login prompt given by login(1)

Or just create /etc/issue -- it is supported under FreeBSD, just
there's no default version supplied with the system. See gettytab(5)
for more details.

	Cheers,

	Matthew
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