davec@shared.uucp (Dave Close) (02/21/91)
Does anyone know of any way to totally disable all announcements prior to successful user login? Perhaps I am unusual (some experience suggests that's obvious). I believe that any system with a dial-in connection should insist that callers identify themselves before the system gives out ANY information. In particular, it seems to me to be bad form for a system to answer an incoming call by announcing the type of system, the release number, and (even, or especially) the owner. Although, perhaps not so critical, I try to apply this preference to all login connections, locally attached terminals, telnet users, etc. As I received it, SVr4v2 announced quite a bit before prompting for a user name. I have renamed the /etc/issue file without adverse effect; this eliminates most of the announcements. However, the string "System name: ..." is still produced by the /usr/lib/saf/ttymon program and "UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0 (system... )" is still produced by /usr/sbin/in.telnetd. Perhaps there are other announcements I haven't either noticed or located as yet. -- Dave Close Shared Financial Systems Dallas davec@shared.com vmail +1 214 458 3850 uunet!shared!davec fax +1 214 458 3876 My comments are my opinions and may not be shared by Shared.