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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcom2!ceb 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 Lines: 11 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. --