In article <3.0.5.32.20010805152437.01962540@arctos.com> you wrote:
> How can I change the message line?  I would like to add the VT100 
> ansi control code Esc [ 2 J  ("/022[2J") to clear the screen so 
> that the end of the previous user's session is not left on the 
> terminal and the welcome message appears at the top of a blank 
> screen.  I might also change the text of the welcome message at 
> the same time.

Besides the "im" field in /etc/gettytab, there's also the "if" field.
Put in something like :if=/etc/issue: and then you can change the text
in that file as you like. (Dunno why we don't ship with this setting
per default...)


 - Hubert

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