edit etc/rc.d/rc.local and comment out:
echo ""> /etc/issue
echo $R >> /etc/issue
echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
then edit /etc/issue to say what you want, then at a prompt type cp -f
/etc/issue /etc/issue.net
Gavin Durman --- Xavier University LAN System Administrator
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>From: Dave Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: /etc/issue issue
>Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2000, 12:32 PM
>
>> From: Scott Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> I'm trying to tighten security on my machine up before I get xDSL, and one of
>> the things I'd like to do is stop advertising my OS and Hardware- editing
>> /etc/issue doesn't seem to have any effect. So, what wonderfully
idiosyncratic
>> variation has Redhat come up with now?
>>
>> In other words, how do I change the greeting?
>
> One of the startup scripts overwrites /etc/issue. I'm not at my Linux
> box now, but I think it's /etc/rc.d/rc.local - you need to edit that
> value.
>
> Dave
>
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