Where is /etc/issue called in 11.23?

[Michael Steele_2]

Hi:

I'm trying to turn off /etc/issue which is sually found being cat'ed out in /etc/profile or bannered from sshd_config or inetd.conf. BUT ITS NOT THERE!

What am I missing?

Login via ssh.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Look at '/etc/motd'. In '/opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config' you can turn this off with:

PrintMotd no

Regards!

...JRF...

[Michael Steele_2]

That file doesn't exist, and banner /etc/issue is commented out in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

Very odd.

[S. Ney]

I'm not an expert but does your sshd_config file look like?
#PrintMotd no
# no default banner path
#Banner /etc/issue

what happens if you zero out /etc/issue or change the banner path?
settings in .profile instead of /etc/profile?

/sbin/init.d/secsh stop/start

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

There is no motd file on my 11.23 system, but the /opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config does contain the option that should suppress.

If that is not working, it could be the version of Secure Shell.

On my hpvm based lab, that change to sshd_config, recommended by JRF works.

SEP

[Michael Steele_2]

Well, I've assigned points for what would have been the correct answers if using the standard openssh package.

But while checking the installed ssh package as SEP suggested revealed a non-standard packaged developed by local programmers.

Using this as a point of reference led me to the correct file location.

Thanks SEP!

[Michael Steele_2]

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