Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!rosie!aozer From: aozer@next.com (Ali Ozer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Hostname in Login Window Message-ID: <556@rosie.NeXT.COM> Date: 24 Apr 91 18:18:04 GMT References: <14453@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Sender: news@NeXT.COM Organization: Next Computer, Inc. Lines: 30 Nntp-Posting-Host: twinpeaks.next.com In article <14453@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> nates@sporobolus.UUCP (Nate Sammons) writes: > go to (cd) /usr/lib/NextStep > Here there is a TIFF file called nextlogin.tiff > Then use icon to edit it by typing %> open nextlogin.tiff > The fields for the user name and the password HAVE TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE!! > You might be able to edit it in such a way that it goes and finds the ho >st name, then puts it somewhere, but don't ask me... Actually, if all you wish to do is get the hostname in there, editing the file won't do it (and ways to get the hostname to display have already been posted). However, if you do wish to change your login window image, instead of editing this file in place, copy it elsewhere and use the following dwrite to get loginwindow to search for your image. This dwrite needs to be done as root: dwrite loginwindow ImageFile /LocalLibrary/Images/SampleImage.eps for instance... Another important point (or more a piece of trivia) is that the nextlogin.tiff file actually contains two images, one color and the other black and white. (This allows the NeXT logo to be filled with white letters instead of dithered color ones on the black and white machine.) If you wish to create a login banner for both color & b&w machines, you might want to pay attention to both of these images. (Use "tiffutil" to extract the individual images and edit them separately...) Or else you can just have one if it looks fine in both worlds. Ali, Ali_Ozer@NeXT.com