I want to change login failure message, "login incorrect"

lifegeek · #1 (**permalink**) 11-17-2008

I want to change login failure message, "login incorrect"

deny user login for user id tom
sudo passwd -l tom

type username and type password on login prompt
and then it will display login failure message "login incorrect"
console
############
login: tom
password:
login incorrect
login:
############
I want to replace 'login incorrect' to 'contact your system administrator'

i'm sorry i am poor at english
thanks in advance

vbe · #2 (**permalink**) 11-17-2008

In /etc/profile, put:

Code:

if [[ ${LOGNAME} = "tom"  ]]
then
  echo "${LOGNAME} is not allowed to login. Contact your system administrator"
  sleep 5
  exit 1
fi

lifegeek · #3 (**permalink**) 11-17-2008

life saver~
thank you!

i found another solution

Code:

# echo "contact your local administrator" >> /sbin/nologin
# usermod -s /sbin/nologin tom

Code:

login: tom
contact your local administrator
login:

allow tom to login

Code:

# usermod -s /bin/bash tom

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