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From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Custom login banner for FreeBSD
Date: 15 Jun 1994 14:56:30 GMT
Organization: Allen-Bradley Co.
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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?

Thanks in advance,

--
Thad Phetteplace
Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co.
Phone: (414)382-4461
Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com

The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer.
I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!