For some bizarre reason, the folks at RedHat decided that
they want to overwrive /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net
in one of the /etc/rc.d/ files, rc.local, I think.
You can either put the "issue" stuff in there, or do the smart
thing, and delete all of that garbage that overwrites your
issue files.
Bryan
> I am using Redhat 5.1 and what I want to do is change what is displayed
> before the login prompt for user that telnet and for me when I am sitting on
> the console.
>
> The problem now is that when I change the contents of the issue file and
> then logout, it displays what I want. As soon as I reboot the old message
> comes back on there..
>
> What can I do to remedy this... it's very irritating!
>
