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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 13:58:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Paul Wolstenholme <wolstena@sfu.ca>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: telnetd /etc/issue patch
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On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Paul Wolstenholme wrote:

> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Paul Wolstenholme wrote:
> > 
> > > Instead of mucking with gettytab, I understand there might be a patch out 
> > > there for telnetd that allows you to use the /etc/issue file to create a 
> > > banner before the login prompt.  
> > 
> > Yes, if you look at the gettytab(5) manpage you'll find the `if'
> > capability.  Replace the `im' capability with `if' and specify /etc/issue
> > as the file and you should be off and running.
> > 
> Sorry, I did read the man page but missed this entry (Honest ;) ).  I 
> must be retarded because I can't get it to work.  I modified the default 
> setting to:
> 
> default:\
>         :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:if=/etc/issue:sp#1200: 
> 
> Created a issue file with read access to all but all I get is the login 
> prompt.

Did you restart the getty?  (I guess you did if the im= information
disappeared.)

Hm... to the source! ... source says it should work.  What version of
FreeBSD are you on?  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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