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From: stailey@iris613.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ken Stailey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: /etc/issue
Summary: how do I make it work?
Keywords: getty issue login
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Date: 17 May 89 02:14:04 GMT
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Reply-To: stailey@iris613.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ken Stailey)
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In section 4 of every Sys V manual I have seen there is a very short manual
page about the file "/etc/issue" and how it is printed as a login message by
getty.

Reproduced in part w.o./permission from AT&T:

"The file /etc/issue contains the _issue_ or project identifcation to be
 printed as a login prompt.  This is an ASCII file which is read by [the]
 program _getty_ and then written to any terminal spawned or respawed from
 the _lines_ file."

The trouble is it doesn't work as advertised, and there's no docs for the 
mysterious "lines" file.

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

							Ken


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