On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Aditya Pande wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me how i can edit the messages that appear when someone logs > in > to a linux server via telnet, ftp? i want to customize it. I'm running Red > Hat Linux 6.2 > /etc/issue.net and /etc/motd - the first they see before they log in, and the second after they log in. But if you want changes to /etc/issue.net to stay when you reboot, you need to modify /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > > Also, how i can see logs of who logged in, what they did (file transfers, > telnet sessions etc..) > and how i can disable guest logins on ftp etc.? > last will show you who logged in. For the rest, look at the files in /var/log - they will give you most of it. I would sugest you read the files in /usr/doc/HOWTO. > > I guess the bottomline is: how do i manage server processes? > > if you have any info, or know of any links, i'd appreciate it. thanks. > > Sunny days, > Aditya > > Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu