From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 15 18:28:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fir.calcasieu.com (fir.calcasieu.com [209.99.46.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B96B150F2 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 18:27:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sysop@calcasieu.com) Received: from cruft (cruft.austin.calcasieu.com [192.168.170.124]) by fir.calcasieu.com (8.8.8/8.8.8-2.0) with SMTP id UAA26661; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:27:07 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990315202707.008abb00@pop.calcasieu.com> X-Sender: sysop@pop.calcasieu.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:27:07 -0600 To: Noah From: Don Read Subject: Re: your mail Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990313212856.A2499@corp.au.triax.com> References: <000a01be6d3a$2e397200$fbc763d8@mountianlion.oopz.com> <000a01be6d3a$2e397200$fbc763d8@mountianlion.oopz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 at 02:13:46 -0800, Noah wrote: >> I am new to freebsd, but I a machine set up now. I want to have >> people to be able to telnet into my machine. This works fine. I >> want to display a message before the login prompt, similiar to some >> ISPs. Is there a file I need to edit? If so which one. I was told >> /etc/issue, but that does not exist on my system. >> You create it. coypu.root# echo This is Don's coypu box > /etc/issue next edit /etc/gettytab default:\ :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:if=/etc/issue:lm=Insert Coin\072:sp#1200: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ finally kill -1 1 to tell mister init to reread the file. Regards, -- Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX - There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message