At 12:32 PM 29/04/97 -0400, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: >mgetty, agetty & mingetty use /etc/issue (by default, though this >is of course configurable for mgetty and agetty) rather than motd. >(I wonder what uses /etc/motd?) So, you can run (as root, of course): > >clear >> /etc/issue > >(no need to save original issue, as ">>" appends to the file rather >than writing over it).
This won't work right - >> appends to the end of the file and what'll happen is that the issue will spit out and then clear with "name login: " Regards -- Karl Ferguson Tower Networking Pty Ltd Tel: +61-8-9456-0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services Fax: +61-8-9455-2776 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .