Re: FreeBSD showing version number upon login

On Feb 9, 2006, at 6:49 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote:

> Hi!
>
>> While browsing the web trying to find out how to remove the version
>> info I did come across editing the gettytab following the follow
>> instructions
>
> Try:
>
> touch ~/.hushlogin
>
> and try to change /etc/gettytab:
>
> ------before--------
> #
> default:\
>         :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:\
>         :if=/etc/issue:
> ------after---------
> #
> default:\
>         :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\r\n:sp#1200:\
>         :if=/etc/issue:
> --------------------
>
> --  
> pi_at_c0mplx.org           +49 171 3101372                        14  
> years to go !


The .hushlogin, while it did remove the version info also removed the  
MOTD msg, which was not really what I wanted but I guess thats the  
best that I could hope for. And to answer some question that were  
going back and forth on the list as to why I wanted remove the  
version line, was it for security?....heck no, there are plenty of  
ways to get that information in fact this computer is firewalled and  
no one has access to it anyway, it was just an eyesore and on top of  
that its my computer so I can do with it what I please=)

The .hushlogin file does remove the Copyright msg but it also removes  
the MOTD, Im just surprised
  there is not a well known easy way to remove the version info and  
leave the MOTD.

In previous posts I also wrote that I tried editing the gettytab as  
you explained but that did nothing.

Oh and by the way thanks Kurt!

Regards

Alex