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formerskeptic
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Posted: 2008-Sep-29 15:23
Ok, I'd like to customize my login prompt which looks something like this:
Been to several (linux) sites that talk about editing the /etc/issue file. Problem is the file's content is different to the above prompt so some how its been overwritten somewhere else.
Its been gnawing into my brain for the last couple months and I can't seem to crack it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance :)
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Prowler
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Posted: 2008-Sep-30 07:19
You mean something like this ?
You can open this file in any text editor and modify as above:
.bash_profile
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formerskeptic
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Posted: 2008-Sep-30 08:56
Not quite. Editing the bash file would change my command prompt which I have no problem with. I actually want to change the look of the login prompt BEFORE you login.
Think it must be some kernel script but I have no idea where it is. Some sites mention - is it mgetty or mingetty? Though they don't give any clear examples on how to use it so I have no idea how that works. 
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Prowler
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Posted: 2008-Oct-01 06:00
It is not a kernel script. You want to change the pre-login prompt. I am on Fedora Core 3 and this uses a string of files to eventually deliver the login. You start with /etc/profile for a global setting. In a startup script it calls the mingetty which spawns the login process.
You can control the behavior of this through /etc/issue as you mentioned. Be aware of the fact that there is an hierarchy of files here. Each command downstream takes precedence over the previous one. This is the reason why you may not see the actual prelogin prompt in one file.
If you really want to tweak this to the maximum you might have to compile your own mingetty.
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formerskeptic
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Posted: 2008-Oct-02 09:30
Thanks for the feedback. Never compiled my own mingetty but let me fish around the web for tutorials.
Thanks again.
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