On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Michael Trausch wrote:
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> RedHat overwrites /etc/issue at every boot. You need to find the lines in
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local that say this:
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> # This will overwrite /etc/issue at every boot. So, make any changes
> you
> # want to make to /etc/issue here or you will lose them when you
> reboot.
> echo "" > /etc/issue
> echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
> echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
>
> Add a "#" mark to the beginning of the three lines that say "echo" with
> something after them.
For everyone's info, Slackware does the same in the system initialization
script residing in /etc/rc.d/rc.S.
Good Luck,
Gordon A. Gallup Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
Voice: (402)472-1230 FAX: (402)472-2879
http://www.unl.edu/physics/
