Sunday, July 21, 2013

Pre-Login SSH banner

I was feeling very nostalgic one day and wanted an Ascii Art Login screen like the old BBSes I used to frequent as a youngster.

As you probably already know, I'm using Debian Squeeze, but this should work in just about any linux distro.

Just put what you want to appear in /etc/ssh/sshd_banner:

This is a private system! All attempts are logged!

Then, open /etc/ssh/sshd_config and modify this line:

#Banner /etc/issue.net
Banner /etc/ssh/sshd_banner


You can find cool ASCII art generators and galleries on-line.

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