/etc/issue

[chmc]

I am building a new server and will need to mimic the acceptable use policy that we have on our current Prod server. The policy displays at login time. I have found the /etc/issue file that contains the policy and put in on the new server. I have also added the following to the inetd.conf:

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

It is still not working. Can someone tell me what I am missing please?

Thank you

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

First do a "cat /etc/issue" to make sure that is contains your message.

Next (and this is what I think you missed), issue an "inetd -c" command to send a SIGHUP to the inetd daemon to trigger a reread of the /etc/inetd.conf file.

[Harmanjit_1]

Hi,

The entry in inetd.conf is fine and other solution provided to refresh inetd is 100% fine. Still You can check permissions on /etc/issue. But it should display banner for root atleast.

thanks

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
when is the policy displayed, before or after the login prompt? We display ours after the login prompt via /etc/profile and the user has to confirm (Y/N).
Otherwise you may give too much information away, before the user has actually logged on.

Bad example "You have acccessed < machine name> owned by < company >, supported by < contact details>"

[rariasn]

Hi chmc,

# inetd -c
-c Reconfigure the Internet daemon; in other words, force the current inetd to reread /etc/inetd.conf. This option sends the signal SIGHUP to the Internet daemon that is currently running. Any configuration errors that occur during the
reconfiguration are logged to the syslogd daemon facility.

rgs,

ran

[chmc]

Thanks to all that replied. The inetd -c was what I was missing. Issue is resolved and I am on to the next one.