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To: -=WireHead=- <31butkiewicz@wmich.edu>
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Subject: Re: Login message of the day (per say) 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Oct 1995 20:42:02 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 06:55:38 +0100
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From: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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-=WireHead=- stands accused of writing in message ID
<Pine.PMDF.3.91.951010203814.539412767A-100000@wmich.edu>:
>Hello All,
>
>I was wondering if anyone knew how to set up a motd type message to the 
>outside of the login prompt. By this I mean when someone firts encounters 
>my machine i would like to display that 

This sort of stuff should go in the /etc/gettytab file. That's where
the ``login banner'' set configured...

Gary