Changing the Login Prompt

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Author: Simper, Brian D
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Subject: Changing the Login Prompt
Is there any way to change the login prompt in Linux? The default is, of
course:

<hostname> login:

I know about /etc/issue and /etc/motd but those are not what I am looking
for. I would like to be able to modify the prompt if possible. Can this be
changed?

Brian