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From: Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>
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Subject: FreeBSD Questions
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I am trying out FreeBSD 2.2.5 and have the following questions :

1. How can I stop system messages ( eg. Login Failure Messages, etc... )
from appearing on root's console ? This is very annoying when it happens
while editing a file. I have tried "mesg n" but that didn't work.

2. How can I change the MESSAGE BANNER which appears just before the
initial login prompt. I have tried making an /etc/issue file but that did
not work ( I have used /etc/issue on other Unix systems successfully ).

3. Is it possible to have multiple dummy interfaces ( eg. lets say I want
to assign 10 different IP addresses to the one PC ) so I can have VIRTUAL
HOSTS ?


Thanks & Regards, Brendan Kosowski.


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