edit /etc/issue if u are on the local machine or /etc/issue.net for telnet sessions ... that is, put a full screen of welcome messages on it and it will clear away all those funny characters hope this helps, Chad
*********** REPLY PARTITION *********** On 10/27/98, at 1:31 AM, jim r wrote: >How do I clear the screen after logout? so...instead of walking up on >the remnants of the X server terminating and a login prompt, all that >shows on the screen is the login prompt... what script is it? > >For that matter, how can I change the login prompt itself?....both lines >(Debian GNU/Linux (name) ttyX and login: )? > > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null