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From: thw@mcshh.hanse.de (Thomas Wieske)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: Login prompt change
Keywords: login
Message-ID: <9218@mcshh.hanse.de>
Date: 24 May 91 11:59:02 GMT
References: <9020@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
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benson@iris.eecs.ucdavis.EDU (Gregory D. Benson) writes:

>Ok here is something I thought would be easy to change.
>I want to add a message before the login prompt to something

>Type "guest" to enter system
>login:

>I have found a file /etc/issue that allows me to do this
>for direct connect serial lines.  But it doesn't work
>for telnet sessions (which is really what I need).
For telnet is this the file /etc/telbanner. 
You can this with 'ln /etc/issue /etc/telbanner' linken.


>I realize that I can change the prompt in /etc/gettydefs,
>but this still won't change the login prompt for telnet
>connections.

>I am running SCO UNIX SYSV 3.2 (386).

>Any help would be appreciated.
My tip...

>Greg Benson

bye
	thw
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