I've done this before. I just download the src for 'login' and change the
message via the C code and re-compile :)

Josh Hope
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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Dave Schmitt wrote:

> I realize this is not mac68k specific but I hope you'll forgive me. Is there
> any way to specify a message which shows up before the login prompt when
> someone is telnetting in? Currently I just get "NetBSD/mac68k" followed by
> the hostname and tty. I'd like to add a message to this if possible, but I
> don't know how and found no help on the login or telnetd manpages or the
> NetBSD mailing list archives. On System V based systems, the contents of
> /etc/issue are displayed before the login prompt but that doesn't seem to
> work here. 
> 
> Dave Schmitt <dschmi1@umbc.edu>
> 
> p.s. For a rather amusing example of the kinda thing I'm talking about,
> particularly if you've ever used a win32 machine, try telnetting to
> shutdown.org
> 
> 
>