/etc/issue "problem"
Lowell Gilbert
freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Mon May 2 07:30:36 PDT 2005
Simon Striker <simon at schtriker.net> writes:
> I have a FreeBSD 5.3 installed and I want to show a pre-login text
> when user wants to login to the server through a console or telnet.
>
> I made an /etc/issue file and copied some text inside, but when I
> telnet to the server, the text does not appear! (/etc/issue has 644
> rights).
>
> My /etc/gettytab includes:
>
> default:\
> :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\r\n\Welcome!\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:
> :if=/etc/issue:
>
> Does enybody know where is the problem and how can I fix it?
>
> I will be very grateful if someone will help me or give me a piece of
> advice!
Did you tell init(8) that you made the change?
You need to send it a SIGHUP...
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