Look at the following files: /etc/issue /etc/issue.net /etc/motd There is manpage for issue and motd to help you out if you need it.
Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Systems/Network | work: 353.4844 Division of Engineering Computing Services | page: 222.5875 On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Aaron Walker wrote: > is there a way to display text when the login prompt shows? For > instance, on my machine the hostname is chaos. When I boot, it says: > > Debian GNU Linux 1.3 chaos tty1 > > chaos login: > > How can I change it to say, for example, "Welcome to Chaos.net!"? > Also... How can you change what it says after you log in? On my system, > it says > > Most of the programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are > redistributable... and so on. > > is there a way to change this? Thanks for your help. > -- > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > Aaron Walker > > Work: > Site: http://www.iconmedia.com > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Personal: > Site: http://www.iconmedia.com/aaron > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
