That would be /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net
The /etc/issue is read if it's a local (i.e. tty or ttyS) connection,
and /etc/issue.net is read if it's a network connection.

-Mark

Tom Laurie wrote:
> 
> Some Government Systems have a need for this:  How can you place a warning
> banner on the machine at startup, before login begins, and again, at telnet
> connection, before user login starts?

-- 
Mark Komarinski - Senior Systems Engineer - VA Linux Systems
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"Have one day pleasant" - Babelfish

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