How to change SSH greeting under Ubuntu
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Every time I connect to my Ubuntu via SSH, I see the same dull message:
Here's how to change it. It will be necessary to edit a couple of files.
The first three paragraphs of this “cart” lie here:
Build number and disclaimer of warranties - the information is not very useful to me, I just replaced it all.
To disable the message about the last login (which I do not recommend doing), you need to edit this file:
Find this option and replace yes with no:
Now when you log in, you will not see this message. For security reasons, I do not recommend doing so.
Here's what my login looks like now:
Linux is cool.
Linux superfast 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 19:00:28 UTC 2007×86_64
The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
Last login: Mon Aug 13 01:05:46 2007 from ipaddress removed
geek@superfast:~$Here's how to change it. It will be necessary to edit a couple of files.
The first three paragraphs of this “cart” lie here:
/etc/motdBuild number and disclaimer of warranties - the information is not very useful to me, I just replaced it all.
To disable the message about the last login (which I do not recommend doing), you need to edit this file:
/etc/ssh/sshd_configFind this option and replace yes with no:
PrintLastLog noNow when you log in, you will not see this message. For security reasons, I do not recommend doing so.
Here's what my login looks like now:
This is a superfast system. Please max out the cpu accordingly.
Last login: Mon Aug 13 01:24:14 2007 from ipaddress removed
geek@superfast:~$Linux is cool.