[gentoo-user] /etc/issue information

2006-02-27 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi list, using this page of the gentoo wiki http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Console_Prompt i'm trying to use the /etc/issue file. After having enabled the file in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file with Banner /etc/issue file i've observed that effectively the system shows the welcome string. However

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information

2006-02-27 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 04:44:19PM +0100, Penguin Lover Marco Calviani squawked: file i've observed that effectively the system shows the welcome string. However i'm not seeing the effective system name, kernel etc but only this: This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t Password: it seems that

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information

2006-02-27 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/27/06, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After having enabled the file in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file with Banner /etc/issue file i've observed that effectively the system shows the welcome string. However i'm not seeing the effective system name, kernel etc but only this:

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information

2006-02-27 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi Richard, Those escape characters are recognized only by the getty program, which is used for console logins. You should still be able to use the color setting escape sequences, since those are terminal escapes. But the substitution stuff is getty specific, and will not work with ssh.

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information

2006-02-27 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/27/06, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Richard, Those escape characters are recognized only by the getty program, which is used for console logins. You should still be able to use the color setting escape sequences, since those are terminal escapes. But the substitution

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information

2006-02-27 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:45:58PM -0700, Penguin Lover Richard Fish squawked: The current time will be difficult. But you could create a file (like /etc/issue.ssh) with the rest of the information in it: echo This is `hostname`.`hostname -d` ( `uname -s` `uname -m` `uname -r` )

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information

2006-02-27 Thread Greg Bur
On 2/27/06, Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Richard, Those escape characters are recognized only by the getty program, which is used for console logins.You should still be able to use the color setting escape sequences, since those are terminal escapes.But the substitution stuff is