Putting a message before a login prompt????

Peter Murray pemurray at miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Mon Jan 28 07:27:44 AEST 1991


In article <1991Jan24.220604.18448 at hoss.unl.edu>, anitac at hoss.unl.edu (Anita Cook) writes:
> How do I insert a customized message prior to the login
> prompt.  For example:  
> 
> Welcome to the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Library
> Public users type "library" at login prompt
> 
> login:

Look in the /etc/gettytab file.  The first entry is a default entry
for all connections.  If you change one of the parameters there (I
can't remember which one it is), you can change the login message.

Peter
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