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Re: Login's source absent



On Mon, 13 Oct 1997 nimennor@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:

> I wanted to see the source of a program login, and modify the greeting,
> and responses, however, I didn't find it under
> bo/source/base/[login....]
> Is there any reason for it's absence?
> And where can I find the source for it?

You don't need the source to modify the greeting. It's in /etc/issue for
the local logins and /etc/issue.net for the others. You can use ansi
sequences for it (colors and everything). Try fiddling around with setterm
--color . When you're happy you can use
 (setterm ....; echo...; setterm) > /etc/issue
to write a happy colorful greeting.
Probably cp /etc/issue /etc/issue.old is a good Idea.
After logging in, login displays /etc/motd. Can be colorful too, I think.

Gruss
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