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From: Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:49:57
Message-Id: da5cd1900602270744t10b56902t@mail.gmail.com
1 Hi list,
2 using this page of the gentoo wiki http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Console_Prompt
3 i'm trying to use the /etc/issue file.
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5 After having enabled the file in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file with
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7 Banner /etc/issue
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9 file i've observed that effectively the system shows the "welcome" string.
10 However i'm not seeing the effective system name, kernel etc.... but only this:
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12 This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t
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14 Password:
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16 it seems that the escape character is not correctly identified.
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18 What i'm doing wrong?
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20 Regards,
21 MC
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.EDU>
Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/issue information Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>