Ken Yap wrote:
> No, if you put anything in /etc/issue it will be overwritten at the next
> reboot by commands in rc.local. /etc/motd is displayed on successful
> login. /etc/issue (and /etc/issue.,net for network logins) are displayed
> before logging in. If you want to change anything in /etc/issue, usually
> rc.local is the place to edit.
I think it's worth mentioning that this is distribution dependant. I
think that
most of the popular ones do work in this manner. From memory Slackware
does,
and I just checked my RH6.1 box which does too.
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