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Re: [cobalt-users] wish to Cobalt: suppressing "sensitive" information



Very good suggestions. 

To do this is pretty easy, doesn't require any recompiling:

$ perl -pi -e 's#^echo.*>>\s/etc/issue$##' /etc/rc.local

Then wipe the current /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net

Jeff-

> 3.
> When logging on via telnet, one sees Cobalt OS revision and kernel
> version.

> Cobalt Linux release 5.0 (Pacifica)
> Kernel 2.2.14C10 on an i586

> If the file /etc/issue.net would be removed/renamed, no information
> would be shown. So do it ;-)