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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-hub.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-3.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.ziplink.net!zip1.ziplink.net!no t-for-mail From: Steve Bernacki <steve@ziplink.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: System Banner Date: 5 Feb 1997 05:22:43 GMT Organization: ziplink.net Lines: 32 Message-ID: <5d95f3$mg9$1@news.ziplink.net> References: <32f29b9a.1116529@nntp.cts.com> <5d2hms$1qr@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: zip1.ziplink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 961203] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35160 J"org-- Where can this change be found... 2.2? :-) I was toying with the idea of writing something like this that would allow you to run a program and put it's std output as the banner. For example, I could run 'fortune' as part of the banner. Has someone already implimented this? Thanks! -S In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: : pkolding@cts.com (Peter Kolding) wrote: : > Which file do I have to edit to allow a system banner or information : > screen to appear before the login prompt appears? (FreeBSD 2.15R) : Btw., David Nugent added the ability to specify an /etc/issue-like : login banner today. : -- : cheers, J"org : joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE : Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) -- -- Steve Bernacki, Jr. | Systems/Networks Administrator steve@ziplink.net | Ziplink, LLC "Yes is the answer" -John Lennon