how to remove ssh login mesg?

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Mon Mar 5 11:58:58 UTC 2012


On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 10:49:31PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 03/04/2012 06:51 PM, Alan Pope wrote:
> >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >Hash: SHA1
> >
> >On 04/03/12 23:00, Rajeev Prasad wrote:
> >>when i log into my ubuntu server i get this mesg: can i remove it?
> >>how?
> >>
> >>Welcome to Ubuntu 11.10 (GNU/Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64)
> >>
> >
> >Edit /etc/motd to change that text.
> 
> "Message Of The Day"
> just type motd to see it
> Anyone logging in sees it. It's a message from the sysop to the
> users. A great place for ASCII art. Old Skool stuff... especially
> from the days of telnet. <goes AHhhhh! from the memories> :) Ric
> 
Or, if you just want to get rid of the message for a particular user,
create the file .hushlogin in that user's home directory.

-- 
Chris Green




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