Changing the telnet greeting

[Jim Spencer_1]

My system is running 11.0 A and when someone telnets from the outside they get a message telling them the system name and version of HP-UX. I would really like to change the message but have not been successful yet. I tried changing the telnet line in /etc/inetd.conf from;

telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/telnetd telnetd

to

telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/telnetd -b /etc/issue

where in the issue file I have put a new greeting message. I have not rebooted the system yet. Any suggestions, ideas, thoughts?

[Ian Dennison_1]

/sbin/init.d/inetd -c

restarts the internet based services (should include telnet).

Share and Enjoy! Ian

[Chris Wilshaw]

You probably just need to get inetd to refresh its config.

Run inetd -c to do this, and you should pick up the changes.

[Steven E. Protter]

Also, modify /etc/issue to warn about unautorized use of the system.

Thats a key legal requirement to prosecute people that breatk the rules.

SEP

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Jim,

See this thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xc264dfe5920fd5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

It suggests exactly your approach.


Pete

[Jim Spencer_1]

I just restarted using /sbin/init.d/inetd -c, but to no avail. Any other ideas?

[Tom Danzig]

Remove the space between -b and /etc/issue in the inetd.conf file and restart inetd via "inetd -c".