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Re: [cobalt-users] [Qube2]Console Login Message change



> :>> Hi Gang!
> :>> Can anyone tell me where I can find the file containing the console
> :>> login message shown below.
> :>> Now I have other users logging into this box, and I'd like to show
them
> :>> a customized message.
> :>>
> :>
> :>The actual file that contains this message should reside in
/etc/issue.net
>
> Uhm, on my Qube it is /etc/motd. The files /etc/issue.net and /etc/issue
only
> contain
>
> Cobalt Linux release 4.0 (Fargo)
> Kernel 2.0.34C53_SK on a mips
>
> both of which are over written at boot time by /etc/rc.d/local.rc.


Yes, yes .. silly me...

/etc/issue(.net) displays the PRE authentication message.

/etc/(admin.)motd displays the POST authentication message.

Quoting Homer J. Simpson: "DOH!"

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Brian Curtis