Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:38:51 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-update? Message-ID: <20130426043851.f7727bce.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.03.1304251111390.8084@nber.org> References: <kl8vjf$nll$1@ger.gmane.org> <20130424203430.e127c9a56fe88f968eed6ad5@sohara.org> <op.wv19hfhe34t2sn@tech304.office.supranet.net> <20130424213110.c277bd304c00ab64bcac2225@sohara.org> <5178602F.9010805@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20130425063941.126a748686691ce998aa8a07@sohara.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1304250735580.13789@nber6> <20130425160703.d60d328e.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.LRH.2.03.1304251111390.8084@nber.org>
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:14:06 -0400 (EDT), Daniel Feenberg wrote:
> This is written as though it applies to FreeBSD, but I was
> under the impression that FreeBSD didn't do anything with
> /etc/issue.
It actually works quite well, I'm using it for decades. :-)
You just need to add the item "if=/etc/issue" to your default
setting (or whichever you use) in /etc/gettytab.
> There isn't any man page for it, and when I
> created a file /etc/issue it wasn't presented at login.
See "man gettytab":
if str unused display named file before prompt, like
/etc/issue
This is not part of the default configuration.
> Is
> there something else I need to do? I am using 9.1
Just change your /etc/gettytab to something like this:
default:\
:cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=<TEXT> :sp#1200:\
:if=/etc/issue:
The system's default setting is like this:
default:\
:cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:\
There is no issue file defined.
The im= setting contains (additional) text presented directly
before the text "login:" appears. It could be the hostname or
any other identification. In this file, as well as in /etc/issue,
you can use the following placeholders:
OS name: %s FreeBSD
architecture: %m i386
OS version: %r 8.3
hostname: %h foo.example.com
terminal line: %t ttyv1
date: %d Fri Apr 26 04:37:00 CEST 2013
They are also listed in "man gettytab".
Also know the "figlet" program (plus the figlet-fonts package)
to design nice ASCII banners. :-)
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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