One of the startup files is removing the old issue message and writing a new
one. This is a common standard "feature" of Linux distributions, but the
details of how it's done vary a bit from distribution to distribution, and
you don't say what you're running. So .... only general instructions are
possible.
Look in whatever directory holds your initialization files (examples:
/etc/init.d on Debian, /etc/rc.d on Slackware) and grep for "/etc/issue" to
find the script that is changing the file. Then just comment out those
lines, and the next time you replace /etc/issue (or /etc/issue.net, the
corrsponding file for telnet and similar logins), your changes should stick.
At 02:44 PM 1/5/00 -0300, Jeremias Galletti wrote:
>Hello,
>
>After reading the Config-HOWTO, I learned that I could change the
>login�s welcome message by editing /etc/issue and /etc/motd. In my
>box, /etc/motd is a zero-length file. /etc/issue contains the welcome
>message. I modified /etc/issue to include the changes I wanted.
>After the modification, I could see the new login message if I
>switched virtual consoles and tried to login.
>
>But when I rebooted the system, I got the old message. I checked
>again /etc/issue, and somehow the old version that I had edited
>was in its place. I think omething (or maybe someone?) is replacing
>the modified /etc/issue file with the original one when the system
>shuts down.
>
>I tried grepping the entire filesystem for a string that only exists in
>the original (undesired) /etc/issue, but the system hung up. Any
>suggestions?
>
>Jerem�as Galletti
>
>
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