Getty Dialup warning message

[David Land]

Hi, I want to setup a hacker warning message for my modem login. I would like to have a message appear on the screen before the login
prompt when someone makes a connection to my modem.

I know that I could write a short message within the /etc/gettydefs file but it does not really suit my needs.

Is there another file that I can use for my warning message?

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Have you tried /etc/issue

Hope this helps.

regds

[David Land]

I have looked at the /etc/issue file but I believe it is only used for the console.

How do you use it for the modem?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

The contents of /etc/issue will be sent to any tty port running getty.

[David Land]

I checked again my /etc/issue file and placed a test message into it. I see that the message still did not display when I dialed my modem. I did see that the test message appeared on my console screen.

I also noticed within my inittab file that the modem line contains uugetty instead of getty. I was not sure if that would be the cause.

Is there some sort of command options that I have to set within the inittab file for it to use the /etc/issue file?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Interesting the files section of uugetty mentions /etc/issue leading one to think that /etc/issue is read. You only need to be using uugetty if you are using this port as an outgoing and incoming modem. If this is incoming only, then getty is a better choice.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi David,

uugetty does not source /etc/issue. Can you use getty instead of uugetty in the inittab file for this modem line.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Again, the better answer for this if it is incoming only is to change your /etc/inittab to use getty and issue an init q command BUT a "strings uugetty" command does display "/etc/issue" which strongly indicates that /etc/issue is read if available. I suspect that what is happening is that you need to issue several CR's so that uugetty properly recognizes an incoming connection.

[David Land]

The only problem is, I need this modem to have dial out access. I plan to use it for dial in as well as dial out. I tested it for just dial in and sure enough the test message in the /etc/issue file did appear but it does not appear when the modem is set for dial out.

What is another way that I can issue a message for the modem that is set for dial out and dial in?