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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!condor.ic.net!news.cic.net!chi-news.cic.net!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!nntp04.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news-tokyo.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!ruby.hknet.com!news.resolink.com!usenet From: kinson@resolink.com (Kinson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD login message Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 02:56:36 GMT Organization: Resources Link Network Limited Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3215346b.6713699@news.resolink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: x1.resolink.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 Hii, The following is a typical FreeBSD telnet login prompt. It display the host name which is entered by 'uname' of the host. ------------- FreeBSD (a-host) (ttyp0) login: --------- Anybody know how the change the machine name in the prompt to some special word I specified. Say, change 'a-host' to 'abc company' as example below. I don't want the change the actual host name the this machine. ------------- FreeBSD (abc company) (ttyp0) login: --------- Pls mail to me. Thanks Kinson Chan