Re: displaying text on login

[dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu>]

Look at the following files:
   /etc/issue
   /etc/issue.net
   /etc/motd

There is manpage for issue and motd to help you out if you need it.

Dennis
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On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Aaron Walker wrote:

> is there a way to display text when the login prompt shows? For
> instance, on my machine the hostname is chaos. When I boot, it says:
> 
> Debian GNU Linux 1.3 chaos tty1
> 
> chaos login:
> 
> How can I change it to say, for example, "Welcome to Chaos.net!"?
> Also... How can you change what it says after you log in? On my system,
> it says
> 
> Most of the programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are
> redistributable... and so on.
> 
> is there a way to change this? Thanks for your help.
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