I don't support the telnet server on my boxes.  Back several years
ago, I did.  I'm mo smahrter now.

As a client, I use telnet to simulate a web browser or an e-mail 
client or an MTA.  If you speak http, pop or smtp, you get a better
understanding of what the problem really is when your user says "It
doesn't work."

George


Nathan England wrote:
> 
> Why are you even using telnet to begin with???
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 5:34 AM
> Subject: Re: Banners and PIDS
> 
> > Correct.  The original question was "How to a post a banner
> > msg when my users telnet into my Linux box" - nothing to do with
> > logging in.  Hence my answer about issue.net.
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> > "David A. Sinck" wrote:
> > >
> > > \_ SMTP quoth George Toft on 8/3/2001 06:46 as having spake thusly:
> > > \_
> > > \_ Edit /etc/issue.net.  /etc/rc3.d/S99local (if present) will overwrite
> > > \_ issue.net, so make your changes there.
> > > \_
> > > \_ George
> > > \_
> > > \_
> > > \_ Dominic Busher wrote:
> > > \_ >
> > > \_ > I have two questions. First, How to a post a banner
> > > \_ > msg when my users telnet into my Linux box?  I tried
> > > \_ > putting banner = {file} in my telnet file but that did
> > > \_ > not work.
> > >
> > > I believe there's a slight difference:
> > >
> > > /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net are pre-login banner messages, /etc/motd
> > > is post-login banner message, IIRC.
> > >
> > > The favorite /etc/issue.net that I built was
> > >
> > > '             lamers need not '
> > >
> > > with *no* return, so the prompt came out
> > >
> > >               lamers need not login:
> > >
> > > David
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