Subject: RE: Login banner change?
To: Jim Wise <jwise@unicast.com>
From: Lindgren, Jon <jlindgren@SLK.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/12/1999 16:08:21
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> > Nope, we don't seem to have support for doing that. It's
> >actually telnetd and getty that would need to be tweaked to do
> >this... it shouldn't be hard, and there are plenty of
> capabilites free
> >in gettytab that could be used. I'd use "if", for "initial file", to
> >go along with "im" for "initial message".
>
> You can do this very simply with the `banners' option in
> /etc/hosts.allow. See hosts_options(5) for details. What's
> nice about
> this is that you can show different banners to different connecting
> hosts...
Well, that's a rather interesting place to keep that...
I'll check this out - thanks very much for the pointer.
-jonl (yubyub)
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> > Nope, we don't seem to have support for doing that. It's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >actually telnetd and getty that would need to be tweaked to do</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >this... it shouldn't be hard, and there are plenty of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> capabilites free</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >in gettytab that could be used. I'd use "if", for "initial file", to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >go along with "im" for "initial message".</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> You can do this very simply with the `banners' option in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> /etc/hosts.allow. See hosts_options(5) for details. What's </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> nice about</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> this is that you can show different banners to different connecting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> hosts...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Well, that's a rather interesting place to keep that...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'll check this out - thanks very much for the pointer.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-jonl (yubyub)</FONT>
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