[ale] Re: your mail

[Ryan Bridges]

That prompt is actually not controlled by /bin/login.  It is controlled by
your getty service.  If you are not sure which one you use, look in
/etc/inittab for a reference.  Some getty programs will allow you to
change the login prompt, fbgetty for example.  For your getty, read the
man page.

Ryan Bridges
ryan at linuxgeneral.net
reverend at linux.com  

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Christopher Fowler wrote:

> 
> Is it possible to change the 'login:' on telnet to 'USERNAME:' without a
> recompile /bin/login?  I changed VC in /etc/gettydefs but that did not seem
> to take effect.  Can I do this?
> 
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