Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!js3b+ From: js3b+@andrew.cmu.edu (James Vincent Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Hostname in Login Window Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 91 07:27:11 GMT References: , <14453@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: <14453@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Thanks for the replies! there are three ways to get the login window to display the machines hostname 1) use (as root): dwrite loginwindow HostName localhost localhost will become the hostname. then at the login window login as user "exit" (no password) to reset 2) edit the tiff: >>From: nates@sporobolus.NREL.ColoState.EDU (Nate Sammons) >>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!! but other than that, You can do anything... 3) edit /etc/ttys: Haven't got the reply for how to do this yet (but its on its way -- thanks!). James js3b+@andrew.cmu.edu