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From: nichols@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Stewart Nichols)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Changing the pre-login banner.
Date: 12 Feb 1996 21:06:09 -0600
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
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Telneting to a 2.1.0-release machine produces the following
banner and prompt:

     FreeBSD (host.my.domain) (ttyp1)

  Login:

What I need to do is add some instructions for how people can
access our guest accounts.  How do I add text to the login
banner (NOT the motd)?

stu
nichols@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu