Adding text before the login prompt

From: Craig Young (craig_at_weberstreet.net)
Date: 11/17/03

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    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering if there is a way to change or add text that appears
    before a login prompt on both the console and ssh. I am looking for
    something similar to the /etc/gettytab hack for BSD style systems. Any
    help would be greatly appreciated.

    i.e I am trying to do something like

    Welcome to foo.bar
    login:

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