login_prompt pre-login massage.

Hossein falaki at ce.sharif.ac.ir
Sat Dec 6 23:32:17 PST 2003


Thanks guys
	I tested creatint /etc/issue but it seems FreeBSD does not support 
it, but the login_prompt is working. The only problem is that in Linux 
/etc/issue is displayed only once while login_pormpt is redisplayed after 
an unsuccesful try.
	Does anybody know any other solotiuon?

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Matthew Seaman wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 12:35:31PM +0100, Cordula's Web wrote:
> > >    In Linux There is a file in /etc named issue which contains the
> > > pre-login massage. But it seems there is not such a file in FreeBSD.
> > > How can I display a pre-login massage in my FreeBSD box.
> > 
> > >From login.conf(5):
> >   login_prompt      string              The login prompt given by login(1)
> 
> Or just create /etc/issue -- it is supported under FreeBSD, just
> there's no default version supplied with the system. See gettytab(5)
> for more details.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew
> 	
> 



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