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Re: telnet message?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geof Goodrum)
Tue Aug 6 17:08:03 1996
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 10:47:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Geof Goodrum <ggoodrum@perigee.ncdc.noaa.gov>
To: root <root@oldcolo.com>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960806045943.476A-100000@oldcolo.com>
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, root wrote:
> I would like to be able to gave a message pop up with/instead of:
> Linux 2.0.0 (oldcolo.com) (ttyp2)
>
> before the login prompt. I have this for dialin users by using /etc/issue
> When you telnet in, you only get the previous message. Does anyone know
> of a way to put out a message for a telnet session before login?
A FAQ if ever there was one! /etc/issue is for local and dial-in,
/etc/issue.net is for telnet. If the issue message is the same, just make
/etc/issue.net a symbolic link.
DISCLAIMER: The comments above are my own and may not represent the views
of my employer.
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