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From: jfv@cbnewsk.att.com (j.f.van valkenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: How to change the login message of telnetd?
Summary: Try /etc/gettydefs
Keywords: telnetd, tcp-ip, login message
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.182850.24306@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 22 Apr 91 18:28:50 GMT
References: <1991Apr19.143745.14498@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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In article <1991Apr19.143745.14498@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone out there know how to change the default login message of
> telnetd? For example, on my machine, when you telnet to it, it gives
> 
> HP-UX hostname 5.5 B 9000/330
> 
> login:
> 
> I want to be able to add an additional message to this login message. Is
> there any way of doing this without having a customized version of /bin/login
> or /etc/telnetd?
> 
> --
> Seng-Poh Lee
> splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu

The /etc/gettydefs has the login message 

Thanks,


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