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You should change the motd anyway...
Authored by: mervTormel on Aug 15, '02 01:02:38PM

yep. imacusr's got the skinny here. it is a shame we have become such a litigous society, but that is the case. if you have a welcome in your motd, consider any legal recourse for user transgressions after login a dead end.

you need a stern warning, and a method for guaranteeing that the motd is cat'd to every login even if there is a ~/.hushlogin...

put the following in all the login startup scriptage in /etc/

cat /etc/motd

example /etc/motd :

___________________________________________________

Unauthorized Access Is Strictly Prohibited.

Your activity is being logged. You have been warned.

If you are here by mistake, type exit now.

____________________________________________________



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You should change the motd anyway...
Authored by: VEGx on Aug 16, '02 02:18:26PM

get a life :)



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