Simon Striker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a FreeBSD 5.3 installed and I want to show a pre-login text
when user wants to login to the server through a console or telnet.
I made an /etc/issue file and copied some text inside, but when I
telnet to the server, the text does not appear!
Hi!
Lowell Gilbert wrote:
Did you tell init(8) that you made the change?
You need to send it a SIGHUP...
Yes I did. I typed: init q command and the problem remains. I have
also rebooted the server and nothing changed.
Do I have to do anything else? I have also searched with Google, but
have not
Lowell Gilbert wrote:
Simon Striker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a FreeBSD 5.3 installed and I want to show a pre-login text
when user wants to login to the server through a console or telnet.
I made an /etc/issue file and copied some text inside, but when I
telnet to the server, the text
Chuck Robey wrote:
I'm not certain it'll do what you want, I haven't played with it, but
login.conf's man pager describes a field called login_prompt that seems
like it would be worth a try, experimenting.
With parameter login_prompt I could only change the:
Login:
Password:
to
What ever:
Hello again!
So far I have noticed that text in /etc/issue shows up ONLY when user
logs on from console.
Now I wonder If there exists something like /etc/issue.net (like in
Linux), where I could put the text for telnet pre-login message?
Best regards,
Simon
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Simon Striker
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Simon Striker wrote:
Hello again!
So far I have noticed that text in /etc/issue shows up ONLY when user
logs on from console.
Now I wonder If there exists something like /etc/issue.net (like in
Linux), where I could put the text for telnet pre-login message?
Best regards,
Simon
man
