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- From: ccowboy@seer.gentoo.com (Sharif Torpis)
- Subject: MODIFYING TELNET MESSAGE
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.194050.10463@seer.gentoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:40:50 GMT
- References: <1hffshINN8ju@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1993Jan4.231353.2580@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: Brad Lanam, Walnut Creek, CA
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- In article <1993Jan4.231353.2580@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov> jwilson@homeboy.msfc.nasa.gov writes:
- >Does anyone know how to modify the message that is displayed
- >when a telnet session is established? Normally when a telnet session
- >is started on a Sun you get the following message
- >
- >>Trying 131.XX.XX.XX ...
- >>Connected to machine-name.
- >>Escape character is '^]'.
- >
- >I've not been able to find a configuration file or header file where
- >these messages are defined. Has anyone tried this before? I suppose
- >I could get the source code for telnet off the net somewhere and hack
- >it a little but I would like to avoid that if possible.
-
- They are hardcoded into the binary. You need to modify the source to
- change these messages. One humorous one I've seen looked like:
-
- Breaking into 131.XX.XX.XX ...
- Connected to machine-name.
- etc.
-
-