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From: ceb@netcom2.netcom.com (Ch. Buckley)
Subject: Re: Custom login banner for FreeBSD
In-Reply-To: tdphette@mke.ab.com's message of 15 Jun 1994 14:56:30 GMT
Message-ID: <CEB.94Jun16051400@netcom2.netcom.com>
Sender: ceb@netcom.com (Ch. Buckley)
Organization: Mauto, Palo Alto
References: <2tn4quINNlbr@scarecrow.mke.ab.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 12:13:59 GMT
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In article <2tn4quINNlbr@scarecrow.mke.ab.com> tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) writes:

   I would like my system to print out a verbose message before the login:
   prompt is displayed.  Will I need to hack on the source code, or is
   there some simple file similar to motd that I can edit?

Standard unix lore: have a look at /etc/gettytab.  If you can't figure
it out, send mail.

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