tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore) (01/04/91)
How do I change the banner that is printed by 'getty' before a users logs in? Currently, getty prints the following: SunOS UNIX (node) login: Note that this is not the motd banner that gets printed after a user logs in. That one seems to be easy enough to change. -- Tom Moore tmoore@pnfi.forestry.ca Petawawa National Forestry Institute uunet!attcan!ists!pi19!tmoore Forestry Canada, Box 2000, Chalk River +1 (613) 589-2880 CANADA K0J 1J0 +1 (613) 589-2275 telefax
felps@convex.com (Robert Felps) (01/05/91)
In <1085@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca> tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore) writes: >How do I change the banner that is printed by 'getty' >before a users logs in? Currently, getty prints >the following: >SunOS UNIX (node) >login: >Note that this is not the motd banner that gets printed >after a user logs in. That one seems to be easy enough >to change. Do a man on gettytab. $ man 5 gettytab You need to edit /etc/gettytab and change the im= field on the appropriate definition. The %h can be used to set the node. >-- >Tom Moore tmoore@pnfi.forestry.ca >Petawawa National Forestry Institute uunet!attcan!ists!pi19!tmoore >Forestry Canada, Box 2000, Chalk River +1 (613) 589-2880 >CANADA K0J 1J0 +1 (613) 589-2275 telefax
casper@fwi.uva.nl (Casper H.S. Dik) (01/05/91)
tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore) writes: >How do I change the banner that is printed by 'getty' >before a users logs in? Currently, getty prints >the following: The banner getty prints on `hard' ttys (as opposed to pseudo ttys) is defined in /etc/gettytab. Checkout the :im=..: capability for the ``default'' entry. >SunOS UNIX (node) > >login: This particular header is probably not from getty, but from telnetd. If you want to change it, get the sources from telnetd, insert your favorite message, and install. Telnetd sources are available from e.g. uunet. Casper -- NOTE: Some machine instructions | Casper H.S. Dik must be executed on the CPU. | casper@fwi.uva.nl (a manual page on the Gould PowerNode) | NIC: !cd151
ertle@newton.uvm.edu (Jim Ertle) (01/05/91)
In <1085@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca> tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore) writes: >How do I change the banner that is printed by 'getty' >before a users logs in? Currently, getty prints >the following: >SunOS UNIX (node) >login: >Note that this is not the motd banner that gets printed >after a user logs in. That one seems to be easy enough >to change. I think that what Tom wants is the default line in /etc/gettytab. This contains thi info that all ttys print out for a login. You can change this for all of them by changing default, or you can change it for specific types of logins. Jim Ertle
adeboer@gjetor.geac.COM (Anthony DeBoer) (01/05/91)
>In <1085@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca> tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore) writes: >>How do I change the banner that is printed by 'getty' >>before a users logs in? In article <felps.663005504@convex.convex.com> felps@convex.com (Robert Felps) writes: >Do a man on gettytab. > >$ man 5 gettytab > >You need to edit /etc/gettytab and change the im= field on the appropriate >definition. The %h can be used to set the node. The file you want may also called /etc/gettydefs (in System V). Find the line in /etc/inittab for the port. It will say (in part) "/etc/getty ttyxx label" (where label might be "9600"). Find the corresponding clause in gettydefs and change it. Under IBM AIX (which of course stands for "AIX Isn't uniX" :-), the relevant file is /etc/ports. Just thought others might be interested. This is one of those lovely areas of nonstandardarity between the *ix'es. Somebody fixed one machine at our shop so it goes "Oooh, I love it when you login:". (BTW, note that regardless of the system, breaking the file will most likely break the system). -- Anthony DeBoer - NAUI #Z8800 adeboer@gjetor.geac.com Programmer, GEAC J&E Systems Ltd. uunet!jtsv16!geac!gjetor!adeboer Toronto, Ontario, Canada #include <std.random.opinions.disclaimer>
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (01/05/91)
In article <1085@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca> tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore) writes:
How do I change the banner that is printed by 'getty' before a
users logs in?
Read about the "im" capability in gettytab(5).thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (01/05/91)
adeboer@gjetor.geac.COM (Anthony DeBoer)
in <1991Jan4.215853.27881@gjetor.geac.COM> writes:
The file you want may also called /etc/gettydefs (in System V). Find
the line in /etc/inittab for the port. It will say (in part)
"/etc/getty ttyxx label" (where label might be "9600"). Find the
corresponding clause in gettydefs and change it.
Under IBM AIX (which of course stands for "AIX Isn't uniX" :-), the
relevant file is /etc/ports.
Just thought others might be interested. This is one of those lovely
areas of nonstandardarity between the *ix'es.
Also, for general interest, /bin/login "may" display /etc/issue as the system's
banner herald. I've seen this on 3B1/UNIXPC/PC7300, A/UX, and CTIX systems.
Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (01/06/91)
>>SunOS UNIX (node) >> >>login: > >This particular header is probably not from getty, >but from telnetd. It's almost certainly from "telnetd"; for whatever reason, SunOS's "/etc/gettytab" still has a 4.1cBSD-ish login prompt, rather than a 4.2andupBSDish login prompt. >If you want to change it, get the sources from telnetd, insert your >favorite message, and install. > >Telnetd sources are available from e.g. uunet. And Dave Borman's latest "telnetd" seems to use the "im" capability for the "default" entry in "/etc/gettytab" for the prompt it prints, so if that's the version you get, you can install your favorite message in "/etc/gettytab", rather than in the "telnetd" code.
prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) (01/07/91)
In article <felps.663005504@convex.convex.com> felps@convex.com (Robert Felps) writes: >In <1085@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca> tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore) writes: >>How do I change the banner that is printed by 'getty' >>before a users logs in? Currently, getty prints >>the following: >>SunOS UNIX (node) >>login: >Do a man on gettytab. >$ man 5 gettytab >You need to edit /etc/gettytab and change the im= field on the appropriate >definition. The %h can be used to set the node. Is there any way to change the login banner for telnet sessions, as opposed to getty sessions? Come to think of it, is there any way to make telnetd run getty instead of login? -- Robert Claeson |Reasonable mailers: rclaeson@erbe.se ERBE DATA AB | Dumb mailers: rclaeson%erbe.se@sunet.se Jakobsberg, Sweden | Perverse mailers: rclaeson%erbe.se@encore.com Any opinions expressed herein definitely belongs to me and not to my employer.