Re: Legality of warnings

Todd Glassey - Lan Systems Administrator (tog@lan.nsc.com)
Wed, 24 Aug 94 17:55:23 PDT

> From bugtraq-owner@fc.net Fri Aug 19 22:07:45 1994
> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 15:49:12 MDT
> From: clamb@ppws12.plk.af.mil (C Lamb)
> To: bugtraq@crimelab.com
> Subject: Legality of warnings
> Cc: clamb@ppws12.plk.af.mil
> Sender: bugtraq-owner@crimelab.com
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> 
> I recently saw an article on comp.security.unix concerning the 
> need for posting warnings (i.e. of the don't log in w/o authorization
> variety) at the login prompt.  I vaguely remember a way to do this
> on AIX- some file which contains the login message displayed on
> the console and when the system is serving telnet.
> 
> 1) Does anyone remember the name of this file?
> 
> 2) Is there an equivalent file in SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.3?

In 4.1.3 The Login Warning message can easily be included in 
/etc/gettytab


We use someting like

default:\
        :ap:\
        :im=\r\n\
            \r\n                   Big Joe's Motuary Corporation...\
            \r\n        THIS NETWORK OF COMPUTERS IS PROTECTED BY A SECURITY SYS
TEM.\
            \r\n                    THE LAW PROHIBITS UNAUTHORIZED USE.\
            \r\n    VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED UNDER APPROPRIATE LOCAL OR COUN
TRY LAWS.\
            \r\n:\
        :lm=\r\nIf authorized, please login\72 :sp#9600:
 

> 
> Thanks!
> 
>