Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 16:25:42 +0000 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: simon@schtriker.net Subject: Re: /etc/issue "problem" Message-ID: <42765486.40500@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <44k6mhd7jp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <4276214B.1030307@schtriker.net> <44k6mhd7jp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Simon Striker <simon@schtriker.net> writes: > > >>I have a FreeBSD 5.3 installed and I want to show a pre-login text >>when user wants to login to the server through a console or telnet. >> >>I made an /etc/issue file and copied some text inside, but when I >>telnet to the server, the text does not appear! (/etc/issue has 644 >>rights). >> >>My /etc/gettytab includes: >> >>default:\ >> :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\r\n\Welcome!\r\n\r\n:sp#1200: >> :if=/etc/issue: >> >>Does enybody know where is the problem and how can I fix it? >> >>I will be very grateful if someone will help me or give me a piece of >>advice! I'm not certain it'll do what you want, I haven't played with it, but login.conf's man pager describes a field called login.prompt that seems like it would be worth a try, experimenting. > > > > Did you tell init(8) that you made the change? > You need to send it a SIGHUP... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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