You may want to read the man page on motd.

cheerio Berndt


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> 
> Well, I finally "completed" the installation on the Sparc5, set up my
> user accounts, changed the default terminal type, etc.
> 
> Now what I want to do is fix the welcome message text.  On a NetBSD system
> we set up a couple of years ago, one is greeted with:
> 
>       Welcome to Lizzie's Place!
>       You are about to login to komodo-dragon
>       This system is a Sparc IPC running NetBSD for sparc
>       You are connected to the ttyp0 port
> 
>       login:
> 
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> But my new Sparc5 install welcomes one with the generic:
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>       NetBSD/sparc (sunbear) (ttyp0)
> 
>       login:
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> 
> After considerable head-scratching, I can't remember where this message
> is stored.  It would be much appreciated if someone would be so kind
> as to point me at the file.
> 
> Again, thanks.
> 
> Will
> The Old Bear
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