Customizing the Login Message (Solaris 2.0–2.3)
Solaris versions 2.0–2.3 and Solaris 2.4 differ in how they set up the pre-login message. These instructions are for Solaris 2.0–2.3. For Solaris 2.4, see “Customizing the Login Message (Solaris 2.4-higher)” .
You can change the message displayed when login executes by using the -p option of ttyadm. This option can be used to display a fixed string (Login please), to display the contents of a file (`cat /etc/myloginmsg`) or to run a text-producing program (`uname -n` login).
In fact, Sun's default /etc/inittab produces the console login prompt with a combination of a fixed string and a program's output.
co:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -h -p "`uname -n` console login: " -T sun -d /dev/console ...
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