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Making /etc/issue Banner work with ssh,telnet,ftp,rlogin

Thu, 01/08/2009 - 11:53 — liquid

For ssh edit the "#Banner /some/path" line in the /opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config file to "Banner /etc/issue".
So it doesn't print 2 times the MOTD PrintMotd no

For ftp add "-l -a" to the end of the ftp line in the /etc/inetd.conf file.
add the file "/etc/ftpd/ftpaccess"

banner /etc/issue

For telnet add "-b /etc/issue" to the end of the telnet line in the /etc/inetd.conf file.

For rlogin add "-l -B /etc/issue" to the end of the login line in the /etc/inetd.conf file.

If you use CDE then add the following lines to /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/0091.dthello:

#!/usr/bin/ksh
dtstart_hello[0]="/usr/dt/bin/dthello -file /etc/issue &"

Then run this command:
chmod 755 /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/0091.dthello

After all that change your /etc/issue file at will manually or with a script. Color, bold text, etc. depends on the term your using and would be placed into the issue file.