Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:16:32 -0500 From: Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to> To: rene@xs4all.nl Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing text at login? Message-ID: <20010910091632.A42205@comp04.prc.uic.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010910130822.Z844@xs4all.nl>; from rene@xs4all.nl on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 01:08:22PM %2B0200 References: <20010910130822.Z844@xs4all.nl>
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> Hi. I've already changed /etc/motd to no-longer reflect the fact > that I'm running freeBSD, when I log-in, I get these messages > (still): > > login as: rene > Sent username "rene" > rene@192.168.102.1's password: > Last login: Mon Sep 10 12:25:35 2001 from 192.168.102.10 > Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > Box owned by Rene Veerman <rene@xs4all.nl> > This is a private system, no hacking/cracking allowed. > > The last two lines are my new /etc/motd. But the ones before that > (Copyright (c)....) are not mine. > How can I make sure those lines do not get printed? It seems like > the last reference to 'Hey ugly cracker, i'm running freebsd'... Change the `copyright' value in /etc/login.conf from /etc/COPYRIGHT to /dev/null. BTW, if someone successfully logged in and saw the copyright message, doesn't that mean that same person could just type 'uname' to find out what operating system you're running? It seems like you're putting a `Beware of Dog' sign *inside* your house. :) Lucas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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