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Date:      Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:26:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980429142538.13203O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980424142741.1543A-100000@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>

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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



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