Supplied message catalogues are binary .cat files.
If you edit them, bear in mind that they will be replaced
by upgrades quite often and have different files for the
national language filesets you have installed.

First generate an editable version of the required message file
- in this case for the FTP login in default US English:

dspcat –g /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US/ftpd.cat > /tmp/ftpd.msg


Edit the created file “/tmp/ftpd.msg” and change the FTP login message entry as shown – the blank lines are in fact spaces in one long line!

… Initial lines in file …
8       "ioctl SIOCSPGRP: %m"
9       "FTP server ready.                                                     
                                                                               
     WARNING - COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990                                         
                                                                               
     YOU WILL COMMIT A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IF YOU ACT OUTSIDE YOUR AUTHORITY IN   
     RELATION TO THIS COMPUTER.  THE PENALTY IS A FINE, IMPRISONMENT, OR BOTH. 
     IF YOU ARE ACTING OUTSIDE YOUR AUTHORITY, DO NOT PROCEED ANY FURTHER.     
                                                                               
     The computer and the network and the information they contain are part     
     of a private business system for authorised users only.  Unautorised       
     access is prohibited and may be subject to criminal or civil action.       
                                                                               
     "                                                                         
10    "lost connection"
… File continues …


Replace the message catalogue with your new version:
gencat  /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US/ftpd.cat  /tmp/ftpd.msg


There is no other way to do this with FTp, but with the
normal login you have /etc/security/login.cfg as the "standard" place,
and I'd personally rather not get in to the .cat for that as well.

You can also change the tsm.cat rather than /etc/security/login.cfg. This is useful if you want to change more than just the 'welcome herald, but also the password: prompt message.

Gday,

Can someone help me please.. For the life of me I have forgotten how to change the welcome screen on an AIX 5.3 login.

I know one place is in /etc/security/login.cfg and adding a herald. But, there is another place that you also need to change it in.

Any help would be most appreciated..

Alex