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From: splee@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy)
Subject: Re: How to change the login message of telnetd? (Summary)
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Thanks to all of those who responded suggesting the gettydefs or gettytabs
file, but that only does it for a serial login.  It doesn't work for a telnet
login.

The solution turns out to be replacing the telnetd entry in inetd.conf with
a script file which first puts out the message and then execs telnetd. This
works, I tried it.
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Seng-Poh Lee
splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu