Karl Ferguson wrote: > > 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: " >
Ah yes, very important! Rather: (clear; cat /etc/issue) > /etc/issue.new ; mv /etc/issue.new /etc/issue -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .