From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 29 14:27:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04010 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:27:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03953 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:27:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA13335; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:26:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:26:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Brendan Kosowski cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Brendan Kosowski wrote: > 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. Edit /etc/syslog.conf. If you need help run `man syslog.conf' > 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 > ). It's /etc/motd on FreeBSD machines. > 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 ? Sure -- use the alias keyword to ifconfig. See the ifconfig manpage and /etc/rc.conf for details. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message