>>>>> "Tim" == Tim O'Brien <tjobrien@Traveller.COM> writes: Tim> You might also want to link /etc/issue with /etc/issue.net I found that it's not just that simple. I use a `figlet` logo in my issue files, and the "/etc/issue" has to have all '\' characters doubled up, while the "/etc/issue.net" does not. "/etc/issue.net" can also contain a few special characters as well, supported by telnetd. Tim> Then the message that appears on the console login will also Tim> appear when someone telnets into the machine. Here's what mine look like, in case anybody cares: (if you have XEmacs and VM-6.30, they'll be easy to extract.)
Attachment:
issue
Description: /etc/issue
Attachment:
issue.net
Description: /etc/issue.net
-- Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@inetarena.com> http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.2 Linux 2.1.36 AMD K5 PR-133