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Date:      Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:20:26 -0400
From:      Nick Evans <nevans@nextvenue.com>
To:        'Noah Abraham Levitt' <nlevitt@umich.edu>
Cc:        "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Change login banner
Message-ID:  <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B33B266@sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com>

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That's the login message. I've changed that in the past, I mean the part
when you first telnet to the box the 

FreeBSD/i386 (somehostname) (ttyp0)


That part. I'd like to mask the OS name etc. I've seen this done on linux
systems, but wasn't sure how it was done or if it could be done in freebsd.

Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: Noah Abraham Levitt [mailto:nlevitt@umich.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:07 PM
To: Nick Evans
Subject: Re: Change login banner


/etc/motd I think...

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Nick Evans wrote:

> How do you change the login banner on telnet sessions?
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> nick.evans
> network.engineering
> NextVenue, Inc.
> phone: (212) 909.2988
> pager: (888) 642.5541
> 
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That's the login message. I've changed that in the past, I mean the part when you first telnet to the box the </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>FreeBSD/i386 (somehostname) (ttyp0)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That part. I'd like to mask the OS name etc. I've seen this done on linux systems, but wasn't sure how it was done or if it could be done in freebsd.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Nick</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Noah Abraham Levitt [<A HREF="mailto:nlevitt@umich.edu">mailto:nlevitt@umich.edu</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:07 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Nick Evans</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Change login banner</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>/etc/motd I think...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Nick Evans wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; How do you change the login banner on telnet sessions?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; ------------------------------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; nick.evans</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; network.engineering</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; NextVenue, Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; phone: (212) 909.2988</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; pager: (888) 642.5541</FONT>
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