Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:52:08 -0700 (MST) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: dwolfe@zyga.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Welcome message when someone connects Message-ID: <199602260152.SAA00713@terra.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <199602252002.UAA14723@md.zyga.com> from "dwolfe@zyga.com" at Feb 25, 96 08:02:51 pm
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Lo and behold, dwolfe@zyga.com once said:
>
> When someone connects to a FreeBSD machine is there a way to display a welcome
> message. Note this is not /etc/motd which displays after a user has logged
> in. Any info on this would be appreciated.
When you say "connect," I'll assume you mean telnets in. If they're
rlogging in, this doesn't work. Edit the file /etc/gettytab and change
the default: entry. The field 'im' is the welcome message field, so put
your message where the existing message is.
-Dave Andersen
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