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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to change pre-login banner???
Message-ID: <37607@cup.portal.com>
Date: 5 Jan 91 14:15:31 GMT
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adeboer@gjetor.geac.COM (Anthony DeBoer)
in <1991Jan4.215853.27881@gjetor.geac.COM> writes:

	The file you want may also called /etc/gettydefs (in System V).  Find
	the line in /etc/inittab for the port.  It will say (in part)
	"/etc/getty ttyxx label" (where label might be "9600").  Find the
	corresponding clause in gettydefs and change it.

	Under IBM AIX (which of course stands for "AIX Isn't uniX" :-), the
	relevant file is /etc/ports.

	Just thought others might be interested.  This is one of those lovely
	areas of nonstandardarity between the *ix'es.

Also, for general interest, /bin/login "may" display /etc/issue as the system's
banner herald.  I've seen this on 3B1/UNIXPC/PC7300, A/UX, and CTIX systems.

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]