From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 15 12: 5:36 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 12:05:33 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca (cr677933-a.ktchnr1.on.wave.home.com [24.43.230.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E55F37B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:05:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes (hermes.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.18]) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA86580; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:05:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <001501c066d2$948eb680$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matthew Emmerton" To: , "Steven" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" References: <006501c066c8$200959f0$2210a7d1@inferno> <20001215141727.A12412@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> Subject: Re: Couple of basic questions Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:06:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > You can use an /etc/issue on FBSD too. > > Creare /etc/issue with your desred login message, then change > /etc/gettytab to something like this: > > default:\ > :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:if=/etc/issue:sp#1200: > > then kill -1 1 to get init to reread it... I just tried this out, and it would appear that you don't need to 'kill -1 1' in order for the changes to take effect. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message