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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Assorted (annoying?) "beginners" questions:
To: jrclark@felix.iupui.edu (John Clark)
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:32:16 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960521120759.002fc6ec@felix.iupui.edu> from "John Clark" at May 21, 96 12:03:26 pm
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> Assorted (annoying?) "beginners" questions:
> 
> 1)  Every time I "su" from a telnet session, a notification 
>     is posted to the server's console.  How do I stop this?

Don't su?  8-)  It's a security alert.  That way, if you are
sitting on the console and a hacker su's, you know about it.


> 2)  Where are the login promptings kept?  For example, the 
>     default login promptings:
> 
> 	login: 
> 	Password:
> 
>     But I may want:
> 
> 	login: myname
> 	myname's password:

/usr/src/usr.bin/login/login.c (two locations for the prompt string).

> 3)  I know that "The Regents of the University of California" 
>     hold the copyright, how do I stop a telnet session from 
>     telling me that every time I login?

touch ~/.hushlogin

8-).

> Also, I have not been able to find info on making an 
> "Emergency Boot Disk."  Could someone point me point 
> me in the proper direction?

See the handbook on www.freebsd.org.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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