Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:06:40 -0700 From: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Greg <codewolf@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuring console Message-ID: <20010820000640.I2048@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <009601c1282f$61caf730$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>; from matt@gsicomp.on.ca on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 05:47:30PM -0400 References: <005901c109dc$6c0c8720$0501a8c0@sprintbbd.net> <009601c1282f$61caf730$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 05:47:30PM -0400, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > How do I configure console to clear screen before it displays login > > prompt? I know how to do it during logout but how to do it when > > booting up? > > I usually create an /etc/issue file with one character - a CTRL-L. > This has the effect of clearing the screen before displaying a login > prompt (under cons25 and vt100 emulations, at least.) If you're using > FreeBSD 4.2 or earlier, you'll have to edit /etc/gettytab for this to > work. What is /etc/issue and why/how do you need to edit gettytab to use it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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