From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 16 22:32:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA07047 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:32:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from host.berk.com (berk.com [207.16.104.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA07040 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:32:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rip@berk.com) Received: from [207.16.107.34] by host.berk.com; (5.65v3.0/1.1.8.2/16Aug95-0520PM) id AA24775; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:30:39 -0500 Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:30:39 -0500 Message-Id: <9801170630.AA24775@host.berk.com> X-Sender: ber00021@berk.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Kevin Day From: Jim Palmer Subject: Re: Login screen,,,,, Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Yes you can put an "issue" before the prompt. Use TCP WRAPPERS. you can get the tcp_wrapper package for FreeBSD-current on ftp.freebsd.org It's a REALLY simple utility. I would actually get the source, then compile it instead of going with the package, easier to manipulate. It was really made for security, but is basically sits before a "wait" daemon as declared in the inetd.conf file. It catches the request before the daemon, and processes the user's IP through /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny I currently have the tcp wrapper to catch requests from the telnet port, and it displays a "banner" from /etc/motd.telnetd and it then goes to the telnetd. It's essentially a way to add tons of security features, along with being able to add a "banner" to any daemon in the inetd.conf I also have the wrappers logging every incoming IP address for telnet and ftp. -Jim Palmer At 11:38 PM 1/16/98 -0600, you wrote: >> >> >> True. But I have a question. I there anything simlar to 'issue' >> that is in Sys V. >> >> If you are not familiar with this, a file called /etc/issue is a >> text file, just like /etc/motd. >> >> It is 'issued' before the login in prompt. On my older system I >> had about 3 lines of disclaimers before the prompt - you know the >> legalese stuff. That's a bit cumbersome to put in the login >> string. >> >> -- >> bill@bilver.magicnet.net | bill@bilver.com >> > >That's a really really nice feature that sco has... If nobody else already >has one, I'll try to come up with a patch to do this.. > >Kevin > >