/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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*Rock Kent rock at rancho.uucp POB 8964, Rancho Sante Fe, CA. 92067*
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