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Old 10-24-2002
Question Login screen change

If I want to change a Solaris 8 login screen to add a Company name what do I need to do ?


Current login prompt

SunOS 5.8
login:


Want it to look like

SunOS 5.8
(Company Name .......)
login:
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Old 10-24-2002
Tools Found out the answer

I need to create a file in /etc called issue.
What every I key in here appears just before the login: line
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Old 10-25-2002
You should also note that if you want people to remotely login through like tenet you change change the prompt by creating a file /etc/issue.net.Issue files can be fun to play around with.Putting so cool ascii is neat
 
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