Re: Beeping login prompt for Redhat.

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

Sorry folks, minor correction:

The file /etc/issue is rewritten during each boot.
Therefore changing /etc/issue will not last.
We have to go to the place where /etc/issue is rewritten.
That's in the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local. 

Search for the following line which should sit at about row 79:

# This will overwrite /etc/issue at every boot...

Now go down two lines where you find the line 
echo "" >  /etc/issue
Change this line into
echo "\a" > /etc/issue

Thats it. Now the '\a' (without the '') will be written into /etc/issue 
every time your box is booting and the login prompt will greet you with a
friendly beep.


Enjoy!
Hans


On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Hans Zoebelein wrote:

> 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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