Enabling SSH Warning Banner

This section describes the procedure to enable the SSH warning banner.

Run the following procedure for each and every server in the topology:

1. Log in as admusr on the server.

   login: admusr
   Password: <current admin user password>

2. Run the following command to check out the file sshd_config and grep for variableBanner in the file :

   $ sudo rcstool co /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   $ sudo grep Banner /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   

3. Run the following command if no result is returned after running step 2:

   $ sudo echo “Banner /etc/issue" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config

   Run the following command if some result is returned after running step 2:

   $ sudo sed -i '/Banner/c\Banner \/etc\/issue' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

4. Check in the file sshd_config:

   $ sudo rcstool ci /etc/ssh/sshd_config