Apple login screen edit

Hi can any one tell me how to edit the grey area login screen.
so I can leave info their for student/staff rules about system
rules.
thank you
G5 Dual, Xserver, Xraid, G5iMac   Mac OS X (10.4)  

A interesting feature came out in the Tiger release. For those who don't need all the bells and whistles open Terminal, and type this command:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow AdminHostInfo
Do not press Return yet. Instead, press the Space Bar after the last word above, then type one of these words:
'HostName' ---> to show the default display.
'SystemVersion' ---> to show the OS X version number
'SystemBuild' ---> to show the OS X build number
'SerialNumber' ---> to show the OS X serial number
'IPAddress' ---> to show the Mac’s IP address
'DSStatus' ---> to show the networked account info
'Time' ---> to show the date and time
After adding the word for the data you wish to display, press Return. To show the date by default, for instance, the full command would look like:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow AdminHostInfo Time

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