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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to change pre-login banner???
Message-ID: <1991Jan7.121658.977@erbe.se>
Date: 7 Jan 91 12:16:58 GMT
References: <1085@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca> <felps.663005504@convex.convex.com>
Organization: ERBE DATA AB, Jakobsberg, Sweden
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In article <felps.663005504@convex.convex.com> felps@convex.com (Robert Felps) writes:

>In <1085@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca> tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore) writes:

>>How do I change the banner that is printed by 'getty' 
>>before a users logs in?  Currently, getty prints 
>>the following:

>>SunOS UNIX (node)

>>login:

>Do a man on gettytab.

>$ man 5 gettytab

>You need to edit /etc/gettytab and change the im= field on the appropriate
>definition. The %h can be used to set the node.

Is there any way to change the login banner for telnet sessions, as
opposed to getty sessions? Come to think of it, is there any way to
make telnetd run getty instead of login?

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