Re: How do you change the Linux Login prompt?

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From: Steve Merrifield
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 00:00

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Robert Brockway (robert@zen.humbug.org.au) wrote:

: No, /etc/issue.net is the equivalent of /etc/issue for telnet connections.
: I too have it as a symlink to /etc/issue.
: Cheers,
: 	-Robert

I beg to differ. Try this - create two different files, one called issue and
the other called issue.net 
telnet to localhost and see which one comes up.
On my boxes, it is issue.net 
When the machine is booted, it is just issue
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From: sjm@ee.latrobe.edu.au (Steve Merrifield)
Subject: Re: How do you change the Linux Login prompt?
Date: 1996/09/09
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