ssh login asthetics

ookabooka · Jul 23, 2003

Well, I just got my sparc workstation. . .and its bootstraping gentoo right now (will switch to distcc w/ccache when finished). I sshed into the thing, but was dissapointed becase it didn't say:
This is Sparky.myhouse (Linux sparc 2.4.20-gentoo-r5) 00:00:00

Sparky login:

It only says
root@Sparky's password:

My question is how do I change it to the standard terminal login. I want to brag to my friends that i have a sparc by sshing into it and having it display the architechture like it does in telnet(i think?).

Titan386 · Jul 23, 2003

Check out this:
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/c156.html

If you follow the instructions in that guide, it shouldn't be too hard to get your arch in the bash prompt. Maybe uname -m would be useful.

Edit: eh, I think I misread what you meant. I'll leave my comments up in case anyone is interested in bash prompt tweaking

Cúchulainn · Jul 23, 2003

Usually this is done with /etc/issue. Check your /etc/issue file. If you don't have one create it with some variation of uname that you like:
uname -sr > /etc/issue

Find your sshd_config (usually in /etc, /etc/ssh, or /usr/local/etc). Look for the "Banner" option. If it's not there just add the line:
Banner /etc/issue

HUP sshd:
kill -HUP sshd_pid

BTW, displaying your OS in remote login prompts is a bad idea

Better would be some thing like:

Code:

* * * * * * * * * * * * W A R N I N G * * * * * * * * * * * * *
THIS SYSTEM IS RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED USERS FOR AUTHORIZED USE
ONLY. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND MAY BE 
PUNISHABLE UNDER THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT OF 1986 OR 
OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. IF NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS THIS SYSTEM,
DISCONNECT NOW. BY CONTINUING, YOU CONSENT TO YOUR KEYSTROKES 
AND DATA CONTENT BEING MONITORED. ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY 
NOTIFIED THAT THE USE OF THIS SYSTEM CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO 
MONITORING AND AUDITING. 
* * * * * * * * * * * * W A R N I N G * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cowboy Shane · Jul 23, 2003

You forgot to add the All Your Base comment to the warning...

Cúchulainn · Jul 23, 2003

ookabooka · Jul 24, 2003

wow, a disclaimer, make it interactive too, so they have to type yes or something, maybe a nice ascii movie. . .

Where can I set the MOTD for the login. I might just put it there instead to avoid security breaches.

Cúchulainn · Jul 24, 2003

/etc/motd is usually where it's at.

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