/etc/issue choking uucp logins

Rock Kent rock at rancho.uucp
Tue Dec 26 17:20:06 AEST 1989


>>>>> On 25 Dec 89 05:13:56 GMT, asv at gaboon.UUCP (Stan Voket) said:
Stan>      I have a full screen /etc/issue that I'd like to display on
Stan>      unused terminals to clear a previous user's work for
Stan>      security and neatness.  However, a full screen of anything
Stan>      is not what another machine likes or needs when trying to
Stan>      login for a uucp transfer.  It has caused remote logins to
Stan>      fail.  How can I display my large /etc/issue for local
Stan>      terminals but not on dialup lines?

I can think of two possible approaches:

SIMPLE:  Assuming that all of your local terminals are known and have
similar screen control sequences, embed the *clear screen and home
cursor* control sequence into either the login prompt or the
/etc/issue and blow off the screen full of ascii graphics or whatever.

HARDER:  Get yourself a copy of a getty source (e.g. T William Wells'
getty.c copywrite 1989) and hack into it the intelligence to tell the
difference between different local and remote terminal lines.

NOTE that, although I am running Wells' getty under Microport V/386, I
haven't tried either of the above stunts and wouldn't bet my system on
the feasability of either one.  Let us know how it turns out.

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