topic Re: Secure shell in Operating System - HP-UX

Secure shell

tigm7103105q1 — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:38:10 GMT

Hi! I am using "secure shell" in HPUX 11.11. and, when I conect from PC to Superdome, I don't see the "/etc/issue". How can I see it?

Thank's.

Re: Secure shell

Bill Hassell — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:13:17 GMT

That's exactly as expected. The /etc/issue file is considered to be insecure and not part of the SSH protocol. /etc/issue is a feature of telnet and rlogind. SSH will start by establishing an authentication method, going into encryption as soon as possible. During that time, it will determine if the authentication is via login/password or by public/private keys. That's why your PC program does not show any text from the remote computer (your Superdome) until you are validated. This interaction is usually in a special dialog box because what you type must NOT go to the remote computer until it is encrypted.

The only thing you can configure for information is /etc/motd which is displayed after you login. The config parameter is: PrintMotd yes.

Re: Secure shell

Florian Heigl (new acc) — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:34:50 GMT

check the 'banner' option in sshd_config :)

Re: Secure shell

Bill Hassell — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:56:22 GMT

Thanks Florian--I looked at an older version of sshd which did not have the Banner option. The current HP version does indeed have Banner:

Banner /etc/issue

And it does popup in a separate window, just like password authentication.