Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:37:13 +0100 (MET) From: Piero Serini <piero@strider.ibenet.it> To: 31butkiewicz@wmich.edu (-=WireHead=-) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Login message of the day (per say) Message-ID: <199510111037.LAA05423@strider.ibenet.it> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.951010203814.539412767A-100000@wmich.edu> from "-=WireHead=-" at Oct 10, 95 08:42:02 pm
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Hello. Quoting from -=WireHead=- (Wed Oct 11 01:42:02 1995): > 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 ... Edit /etc/gettytab: # The default gettytab entry, used to set defaults for all other # entries, and in cases where getty is called with no table name ... default:\ :cb:ce:ck:fd#1000:im=YOURTEXTHERE:sp#1200: ... See man gettytab for escape sequences to insert in the "im" field. Bye, -- # $Id: .signature,v 1.12 1995/08/14 12:10:54 piero Exp $ Piero Serini Via Giambologna, 1 <Piero@Free.IT> I 20136 Milano - ITALY
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