From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 25 17:58:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA11144 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 17:58:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhub.aros.net (mailhub.aros.net [205.164.111.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA11104 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 17:58:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from terra.aros.net (terra.aros.net [205.164.111.10]) by mailhub.aros.net (8.6.12/Unknown) with ESMTP id SAA00436; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:58:28 -0700 Received: (from angio@localhost) by terra.aros.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA00713; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:52:08 -0700 From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199602260152.SAA00713@terra.aros.net> Subject: Re: Welcome message when someone connects To: dwolfe@zyga.com Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:52:08 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602252002.UAA14723@md.zyga.com> from "dwolfe@zyga.com" at Feb 25, 96 08:02:51 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual/ "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."