I'm planning on adding support for /etc/issue (gettytab) & 
/etc/issue.net (everything else) to NetBSD.  These files contain 
*uninterpreted* text to be written before issuing the login: prompt.  
While gettytab(5) can provide that functionality now, inconvenient to 
use (especially for scripts or programs).

telnetd/rlogind/sshd will try to use /etc/issue.net, and if that is not 
available they will try to use /etc/issue.  In either situation, the 
evalution of things in /etc/getttytab will remain unchanged.

This also gives NetBSD equivalent functionality to HPUX, Solaris, 
Linux, Tru64, and other modern Unix-like operating systems.

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Matt Thomas                     email: matt@3am-software.com
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