How to get login message

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi

I am getting following login message when i loggin to my system.

login: ze4egi
Password:
Please wait...checking for disk quotas

General Motors Division
Engineering Network


Unauthorized use is prohibited.
Welcome, Senthil Kumar.
You last logged in Thursday April 16, 2009 at 07:53, on GMLG Node lgapps.

General Motors Electromotive Division
Engineering CAD/CAM/CAE Network


Unauthorized use is prohibited.

ze4egi>

like this how can i set login message.

[Md. Farhan A Azam]

Hi,

#vi /etc/motd
(add your msg)

Hope it will work.


Thnx...farhan

[Richard Hepworth]

Hi,

Most likely to be in either ~/.profile of /etc/profile

regards,

Richard

[Md. Farhan A Azam]

If /etc/motd file doesn't exist.

Then..
#cd /etc
#touch motd
#vi /etc/motd
(add your msg)

Hope it will work.

thnx...farhan

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Begin by looking at your login '${HOME}/.profile'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Bijeesh]

hi
I think you can put it on .profile.
/etc/motd is also a best place to put login messages.(Message Of The Day)

[Jozef_Novak]

Also look if there is a file called /etc/issue

J.

[senthil_kumar_1]

I am getting above message after logged in.

I checked following files but there is no
information


/etc/motd
/etc/issue
/$HOME/.profile

[Richard Hepworth]

Hi,

Did you check /etc/profile?
Also are any other files being sourced from ~/.profile or /etc/profile that could be doing this?

regards,

Richard

[Michael Mike Reaser]

Check /etc/profile for the existing message.

Can you define what you're looking for a little better? If you want to *CHANGE* your login message, then you'd be looking at changing

/etc/motd
/etc/issue
$HOME/.profile
/etc/profile

I notice that you do not state that you've checked this last file.

If you want to *SET* your login message, you'd look at these same four files.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

> I checked following files but there is no
information

What is the user's SHELL? This will determine the login profile that is processed. We have assumed that it is the standard Posix shell since this is HP-UX.

If the default shell is either '/usr/bin/sh' or '/usr/bin/ksh' then '/etc/profile' is first processed and then '${HOME}/.profile'. Look at both of those.

Regards!

...JRF...

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi

I checked the file /etc/profile. but there is no file like that.

the shell is /usr/bin/sh

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

I suggest you do:

# diff /usr/newconfig/etc/profile /etc/profile

# diff /usr/newconfig/etc/skel/.profile /home/ze4egi/.profile

...If this doesn't lead you the solution, post the output of both.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Bijeesh · Accepted solution]

hi
check /etc/profile .

# Message of the day
if [ -r /etc/motd ]
then
clear
cat /etc/motd



It may be accessing any other file in place of motd which containing these messages.

Also check /etc/copyright

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi Bijo

the file /etc/copyright

[Bart Paulusse]

Hi Senthil,

Message after "Please wait...checking for disk quotas" is usualy file /etc/copyright. It looks like your company has edited the standard HP copyright message a little.
The message after "You last logged in Thursday April 16, 2009 at 07:53, on GMLG Node lgapps." is a custom message.
It is either in ${HOME}/.profile ${HOME}/.login ${HOME}/.cshrc or there is a file being sourced in one of these files.

shell /usr/bin/sh uses .profile, try to do ls -al in your homedir to look for those . files.

Regards,
Bart

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

Yes may this comming from /etc/copyright but you can set those messages in /etc/motd.
motd means message of the day.

Suraj

[Ganesan R]

Hi Senthil,

We already explained you this.. The following three files will be sourced during the login process. If you understand well, then you yourself can locate the sourcing file.

When you login through telnet or ssh first /etc/issue will be sourced and shown on the screen. This is before login prompt and will be shown like this..
============================================
This system is for the use of authorized users only.
Individuals using this computer system without authority, or in
excess of their authority, are subject to having all of their
activities on this system monitored and recorded by system
personnel.
In the course of monitoring individuals improperly using this
system, or in the course of system maintenance, the activities
of authorized users may also be monitored.
Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring
and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible
evidence of criminal activity, system personnel may provide the
evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement officials.


login: username
Password: xxxx
==========================================
As soon as you give the username and password /etc/copyright will be issued and followed with /etc/motd file. Normally people use to put customised messages on /etc/motd if they want to inform something to users.
=========================================
(c)Copyright 1983-2000 Hewlett-Packard Co., All Rights Reserved.
(c)Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985-1993 The Regents of the Univ. of California
(c)Copyright 1980, 1984, 1986 Novell, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1986-1992 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1985, 1986, 1988 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(c)Copyright 1989-1993 The Open Software Foundation, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1986 Digital Equipment Corp.
(c)Copyright 1990 Motorola, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992 Cornell University
(c)Copyright 1989-1991 The University of Maryland
(c)Copyright 1988 Carnegie Mellon University
(c)Copyright 1991-2000 Mentat Inc.
(c)Copyright 1996 Morning Star Technologies, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1996 Progressive Systems, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1991-2000 Isogon Corporation, All Rights Reserved.


RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND
Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to
restrictions as set forth in sub-paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in
Technical Data and Computer Software clause in DFARS 252.227-7013.

Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304 U.S.A.

Rights for non-DOD U.S. Government Departments and Agencies are as set
forth in FAR 52.227-19(c)(1,2).
======================================

here comes the content of /etc/motd file...

=========================================
$

[S. Ney]

I'd suggest creating the following files in /etc: /etc/motd and /etc/issue. Make sure each is readable and writable by root only for editing. Use vi and add a line like "Unauthorized use is prohibited" to both and save the files.

edit the following file and check these lines:
/opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config
#PrintMotd yes
# no default banner path
Banner /etc/issue

edit /etc/inetd.conf file and on telnet line add:
telnetd -b /etc/issue

stop and start the inetd and sshd daemons so the configuration files are read.

[UVK]

How are you logging in using telnet or ssh

If telnet did you check the file

grep -i telnet /etc/inetd.conf

the last coloum will give you a file path check the content of it and let me know

[UVK]

/etc/copyright is used to show up message like below

(c)Copyright 1983-2000 Hewlett-Packard Co., All Rights Reserved.
(c)Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985-1993 The Regents of the Univ. of California
(c)Copyright 1980, 1984, 1986 Novell, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1986-1992 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1985, 1986, 1988 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(c)Copyright 1989-1993 The Open Software Foundation, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1986 Digital Equipment Corp.
(c)Copyright 1990 Motorola, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992 Cornell University
(c)Copyright 1989-1991 The University of Maryland
(c)Copyright 1988 Carnegie Mellon University
(c)Copyright 1991-2000 Mentat Inc.
(c)Copyright 1996 Morning Star Technologies, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1996 Progressive Systems, Inc.
(c)Copyright 1991-2000 Isogon Corporation, All Rights Reserved.


RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND
Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to
restrictions as set forth in sub-paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in
Technical Data and Computer Software clause in DFARS 252.227-7013.

Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304 U.S.A.

Rights for non-DOD U.S. Government Departments and Agencies are as set
forth in FAR 52.227-19(c)(1,2).

[UVK]

you can set your banner using /etc/motd file