Hi Richard,
> Those escape characters are recognized only by the getty program,
> which is used for console logins. You should still be able to use the
> color setting escape sequences, since those are terminal escapes. But
> the substitution stuff is getty specific, and will not work with ssh.
thanks for sharing this info. It comes completely new for me. So, as
far as i understand, there is no way of having this info with ssh
login? Am i right?
Look and see if you have an /etc/issue.net
All of my old RedHat boxes used that file to display a logon banner via ssh.