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[russz]

When users telnet to our AIX servers I don't want them to see the OS version. e.g.

AIX Version 4
(C) Copyrights by IBM and by others 1982, 1996.
login:

I'd like them to see something more like...

WARNING *** Unauthorized Access is Prohibited ***
Name:

I'm not sure which file to edit.
Russell Zimmermann
EYT - LAWSON Development

 

[prv3116]

You can modify the /etc/security/login.cfg file to contain a "herald" to be what you want. This is the banner that appears when the user gets to the login prompt, before he/she is actually logged in. The herald line looks like this:

default:
herald = "\n\r\n\rAuthorized Access Only\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r login:

sak_enabled = false
logintimes =
logindisable = 0
logininterval = 0
loginreenable = 0
logindelay = 0

the \n\r has to do with the line returns.


You can also have an /etc/motd for the users that get successfully logged in. This is the banner that appears at their initial command line prompt.
Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.

 

[ElgisRamon]

Try simply the \n notation... you're in Unix, remember?
[tt]
chsec -f /etc/security/login.cfg -s default -a herald='"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccess restricted and logged\nAuthorized username:"'
[/tt]
I hope it works...
Unix was made by and for smart people.

 

[russz]

It works like a charm!

Thank you both for your help,
RZ Russell Zimmermann
EYT - LAWSON Development