How to remove "user at host's password" from ssh login prompt?
Chris Green
cl at isbd.net
Tue Sep 4 15:42:09 UTC 2018
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 01:03:26PM +0100, Peter Flynn wrote:
> Surely this refers to the system prompt after login, so it's controlled by
> the .bashrc file.
>
No (OP here) I'm talking about the password prompt. It's easy to
change the bash prompt to whatever you fancy by setting PS1.
> It's only a security leak if someone is looking over your shoulder: an ssh
> connection is encrypted. If that connection or the source host has been
> compromised, you'd have an entirely separate problem.
>
It's a bit of a leak if someone just types "ssh <somewhere>" and gets
confirmation that <somewhere> exists and my login name on <somewhere>.
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Chris Green
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