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Date:      Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:30:01 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        miker@cs.utexas.edu
Subject:   Re: How can I do an /etc/issue
Message-ID:  <199608051130.LAA01904@CoDe.CoDe.hu>
In-Reply-To: <199608050554.AAA16972@babyhuey.cs.utexas.edu> from "Hung Michael Nguyen" at Aug 5, 96 00:54:39 am

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> 
> Hello,
> 
> I want to simulate (as painlessly as possible), the /etc/issue file as used
> in SysV systems (like a motd, but printed before login prompts).
> I'm running 2.1 (will have 2.1.5 soon).

1) issue on SYSV is working on only serial lines (as I know)
2) You can specify a message to every terminal type, in /etc/gettytab, with
the ``im'' variable, you get normally the ``FreeBSD (machinenam) (terminalline)''
So, there is no file, but messages.

-- 
	Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>

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