/etc/issue file

[Erik Kennedy]

I have seen that the /etc/issue file will show a message prior to login. I have put this on a Solaris server and it works fine but it is not doing the same on an HP-UX server. How is the file executed? I have created the file and put it in the /etc directory. Does it need to be elsewhere for it to activate? Thanks for your assistance.

Erik

[Patrick Wallek]

Have a look at this recent thread. If you are telnet'ing into the box then this should solve your problem.

http://my1.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0xca517e990647d4118fee0090279cd0f9,00.html

[James R. Ferguson]

Erik:

See this thread from yesterday:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x8ae65f260cafd4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

...JRF...

[federico_3 · Accepted solution]

Do these changes to the /etc/inetd.conf file in order to display a message before telnet, rlogin, ftp:

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

ftp-stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -d /etc/issue

rlogin-stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/rlogind rlogind -B /etc/issue

Afterwards let the system read these changes with
inetd -c


federico