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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: issue file Date: 24 May 1996 21:41:18 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4o5adu$fm8@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <4o4g7v$h71@news.engr.subr.edu> <4o4jmf$a5f@sidhe.hsc.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <4o4jmf$a5f@sidhe.hsc.fr>, Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> wrote: > [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email] > >In article <4o4g7v$h71@news.engr.subr.edu>, >James Benham <jbenham@scotmhs.engr.subr.edu> wrote: >> What is the file that contains the login message before the login prompt? >> In Linux it is "/etc/issue" but in FreeBSD I can't find it. > >Thre is no "issue" file on FreeBSD. This is configured in the /etc/gettytab >file. I have patches to add the "/etc/issue" feature though. Doesn't it come from /etc/rc.local? T=/tmp/_motd rm -f $T uname -v | sed -e 's,^\([^#]*\) #\(.*199[0-9]\).*/\([^\]*\) $,\1 (\3) #\2,' > $T echo "" >> $T sed '1,/^$/d' < /etc/motd >> $T cp $T /etc/motd chmod 644 /etc/motd rm -f $T The rather frightening looking line just extracts the machine name (actually the name of the kernel config file) and moves it after the version number. Anyway, if you want to change the "Welcome to FreeBSD!" bit, /etc/motd is the place to do it. Make sure you maintain the format (version details followed by a blank line followed by the message) though, or you'll break the second 'sed' expression. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk