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Article #57679Re: How do you change the Linux Login prompt?
From: Richard Bywater
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 00:00
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Peter Rye (prye@cyllene.uwa.edu.au) wrote: : Richard> > Red Hat Linux release 3.0.3 (Picasso) > Kernel 1.2.13 : Richard> on a i486 : Richard> > Where is this specified as I need to go in and change : Richard> it. : Richard> /etc/issue I think. And the thing that comes up after : Richard> you login in is /etc/motd : That's correct but if you want it too remain changed after you reboot : you'll need to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local. /etc/issue is written every time : you boot with the standard Red Hat setup. That's true - Forgot about that happening... Cheers. -- +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ | RICHARD BYWATER | CURRENTLY STUDYING AT CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, | | (Cert. Audio | HERATUANGA, NZ FOR CERTIFICATE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | | Engineering and +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Music Production) | ** E-Mail bywateri@wero.ee.cit.ac.nz ** | +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,ceab22d164439e70 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: bywateri@ee.cit.ac.nz (Richard Bywater) Subject: Re: How do you change the Linux Login prompt? Date: 1996/09/05 Message-ID: <322e24cf.0@156.59.19.21> X-Deja-AN: 178553726 references: <50caen$329@warp.ipacific.net.au> <322b80a0.0@156.59.19.21> <m37mqbfyoh.fsf@ub239.dialup.uwa.edu.au> organization: NetLink Wellington, New Zealand. newsgroups: aus.computers.linux