Changing login prompt to username

**malvina** · 07-21-2003

I'm running a redhat 9 box and need to change the login prompt to username for my mgetty users

My system doesn't have a /etc/gettydefs file and when I create it, it doesn't have any effect on the login prompt.

Can you help me please

M.

**Dolda2000** · 07-21-2003

Login prompt to username? Do you mean the prompt that prompts for a username? I might be wrong, but isn't that compiled into mgetty?

**malvina** · 07-22-2003

Yes the prompt that prompts for the username. I need to change it from login to username. All the web searches I've done say that /etc/gettydefs or inserting a line into PAM should allow this change but I can't seem to get it working.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-l.../msg00091.html

Thanks

M.

**Dolda2000** · 07-22-2003

Do you know C? In that case, if I were you, I'd look at the source for mgetty.

**malvina** · 07-25-2003

Thanks for your help, I contacted Redhat support and they told me to put the -p "username: " option after /sbin/mgetty in /etc/inittab

M.

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