Changing Login Display Message

This section describes the procedure to change the login display message.

Perform the following steps to change the login display message:

1. Log in as admusr on the server.

   login: admusr
   Password: <current admin user password>

2. Run the following command to create a backup copy of sshd_config:

   $ sudo cd /etc/ssh
   $ sudo cp sshd_config sshd_config.bak

3. Perform the following steps to edit the sshd configuration file:
   1. Edit the sshd configuration file.

      $ sudo rcstool co sshd_config
      $ sudo vi sshd_config

   2. Uncomment and edit this line:

      $ Banner /some/path

   3. To this:

      Banner /etc/ssh/sshd-banner

   4. Save and exit the vi session.
4. Perform the following steps to edit the banner file.
   1. Edit the banner file.

      $ sudo vi sshd-banner

   2. Add and format the desired text.
   3. Save and exit the vi session.
5. Run the following command to restart the sshd service:

   $ sudo service sshd restart

6. Perform the following steps to verify the changes:
   1. Test the change. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the message is formatted correctly.

      $ sudo ssh <current server name>

   2. Verify message line feeds are formatted correctly.

      $ exit

7. Run the following command to check the files into rcs to preserve changes during upgrades:

   $ sudo rcstool init /etc/ssh/sshd-banner
   $ sudo rcstool ci sshd_config