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Chapter 4-

Configuring System Settings

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3. Exit, saving changes. The warning banner should appear for the next person

logging into the GUI.

To provide a logon warning banner to users logging into remote services on the

system:

1. Edit the file /etc/motd as an administrator with the following command in

a Terminal window:

sudo pico /etc/motd

2. Enter the warning banner that has been approved.

3. Exit, saving changes. The warning banner should appear for the next person

logging into a remote service.

Auditing and Log File Configuration

Apple includes a graphical program, Console, to view and maintain log files.

Console is found in the /Applications/Utilities folder. Upon starting, the

console window shows the console.log file (Figure 20). Clicking on the Logs

icon at the top left of the window displays a sidebar that shows other log files on the

system in a tree view. The tree may include directories for services that are installed

but not running on a typical Mac OS X system (e.g. http, ftp).