On many systems, this is an /etc/rc.d/init.d issue. Even among some Linux
distributions, this changes. Moreover, if root decides to part from the
distro, you are really hosed. Personally, I got really annoyed with the
Caldera banner and replaced it with my own stuff that does a few other
things as well. It looks like this;
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__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/
__/__/__/__/ _/ __/ __/__/ __/__/ ___/ __/
__/__/__/__/ ___/ __/ __/_/__/ __/_/__/ ____/ __/
__/ __/__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/__/ __/
__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/
__/__/__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/
__/__/__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/
__/ __/__/_/__/__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/
__/ __/__/_/__/__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/__/
__/ __/ __/ __/__/__/__/ __/_/__/ __/_/__/ __/ ____/
__/ __/ __/ __/__/__/__/ __/__/ __/__/ __/ ___/
__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/
Linux (SCSI-UW) v2.0.36 i586, built Sat, 24Apr1999, 00:20:36 PDT.
Last reboot on Sun, 25Apr99, 01:04:03 PDT.
Morgan Hill Software Company, Inc. (MHSC.COM, MHSC.NET)
30Aug98 RMJM Telnet is dead
29Aug98 RMJM receive FAX enabled
29Aug98 RMJM Enabled dial-in ports
08:32:47 up 161 days, 22:00, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root ttyp0 condor.lvrmr.mhs 8:32am 0.00s 0.15s 0.02s bash
/usr/local/bin/banner.sh
<falcon.lvrmr.mhsc.com:/~>
root@falcon#>
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Since I've rewritten the startup and login scripts, most efforts to use them
will fail. Although this isn't that common a practice, it is common enough
to be aware of.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ren
> Sauceda
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 8:52 PM
> To: Mary McCann
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ssh_known_hosts question
>
>
>
>
> Mary McCann wrote:
>
> > One final thing; I notice that slogin doesn't
> > cause the /etc/issue message on the target host
> > to be displayed, whereas rlogin displays this banner.
>
> For this try editing /etc/sshd_config so that that print motd line
> says yes, and put the contents of /etc/issue in /etc/motd also.
> For some logins this will print the message twice. Haven't
> figured out how to every type of login to get only one message.
> On some systems, such as linux, you need to make /etc/issue.net.
>
> Ren
>
> --
> Ren Sauceda, Computer Systems Engineer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> NERSC Workstation Support Group ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
> 1 Cyclotron Rd., MailStop 50F, Berkeley, CA 94720
>
