From: John R. Campbell (soup@penrij.UUCP)
Date: 09/29/93 

From: soup@penrij.UUCP (John R. Campbell)
Subject: Re: SoftLanding Message
Date: 29 Sep 1993 22:20:52 GMT

brettm@access.digex.net (Brett Michaels) writes:

>Thanks for the help. The file /etc/issue contains this message. You can
>edit it or remove to your liking.

>Anyone know what program/script calls displays this file?

Getty itself display this, as the shell, during startup (I don't find
it in a script) displays the contents of /etc/motd

I tend to put in my nodename at the left margin and the IP address at the
right. While not the most logical approach, it is mildly entertaining.

BTW, the "login" prompt is generated from the line in /etc/gettydefs,
so you can modify that prompt too... 

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 John R. Campbell                                    soup%penrij@kd3bj.ampr.org
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