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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!ensta!itesec!sidhe.frmug.fr.net!not-for-mail From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: issue file Date: 28 May 1996 12:42:00 GMT Organization: Herve Schauer Consultants Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4oesao$fhe@sidhe.hsc.fr> References: <4o4g7v$h71@news.engr.subr.edu> <4o4jmf$a5f@sidhe.hsc.fr> <4o5adu$fm8@jraynard.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.hsc.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email] In article <4o5adu$fm8@jraynard.demon.co.uk>, James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Doesn't it come from /etc/rc.local? > > T=/tmp/_motd No, you're mistaking the /etc/motd file (displayed AFTER login) with the /etc/issue (displayed BEFORE login by getty on SVRn systems). -- Ollivier ROBERT -=-=- FreeBSD 2.x FAQ maintainer -=-=- roberto@freebsd.org -=-=-=-=-=- Support The Free UNIX Systems ! FreeBSD Linux NetBSD -=-=-=-=-=-