DOCUMENT ID: 1250-02 SYNOPSIS: Changing the login prompt OS RELEASE: 2.1, 2.4 PRODUCT: Solaris KEYWORDS: ttymon inittab login prompt issue SYMPTOMS: Cannot change the login prompt. DESCRIPTION: The login prompt is set to "HostName" login:" by default and it cannot be changed. SOLUTION: There are two ways to change the prompt. Here they are: 1) Change the /etc/inittab entry for co:. It now contains a ttymon entry with the an option -p and arguments "`uname -n` console login: ". This can be changed to the required prompt. 2) A file /etc/issue is also displayed if it exists. So we can edit that file to have any info that needs to be displayed when prompting for login. DATE APPROVED: 01/11/95