Beeping login prompt for Redhat.

[Hans Zoebelein <zocki@goldfish.cube.net>]

Hi Blinuxers,

I have uploaded a dirty hack of a beeping login prompt 
to the Blinux FTP archive. 

You can get it as http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/login-beep-rh5.tar.gz
Now the login prompt will beep every time it is ready to accept your
login. When your box waits for your password, no beep is released.

This means: wait for beep, enter your login_name + return + password +
return. If it beeps again, you are again at the login prompt (because 
you had entered wrong login or password).  

The files /bin/login and /sbin/mingetty are changed.
You still have to add '\a' (without the '') to your /etc/issue file.
Should run fine for Redhat 5.x users.

Install instructions for Redhat: 
First copy /bin/login to /bin/login.old and /sbin/mingetty to
/sbin/mingetty.old. 
Put login-beep-rh5.tar.gz into your / directory and do a 
tar -xzf login-beep-rh5.tar.gz. Now add '\a' to your /etc/issue file
(without the ''). A rpm package which installs nicer will follow later.

Getting a beeping login for non Redhat: Diff files for login and mingetty
are included. Look at them. Changes are really brain dead simple. 

Enjoy!
Hans    


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