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To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc gettytab 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 02 Aug 1995 01:04:18 PDT."
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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 01:12:18 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Your claimed reason for the original change here is bogus anyway.
> The system clearly identifies itself once you login:
> 
> FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE (GNDRSH) #0: Thu Jul 27 12:18:30  1995
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Bzzt!

That's only if you let it beat out your /etc/motd for you, not if you
maintain your own.  It also misses the point.  Those that desire this
change can now quickly check the version of a machine without even
having to log into it.  You just connect and say "ah".

				Jordan