<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 10/20/2010 5:24 PM, Tom H wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTimVmiQehu6-bWUTBYWnK+ZyiWn0YA5t__6en6eC@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Bill <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:beau@billbeau.net"><beau@billbeau.net></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> On 10/20/2010 3:29 PM, Peng Yu wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I always see the following banner when I log in to a linux machine. I find the following webpage. I'm wondering what is the best way to remove the banner. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/change-ssh-welcome-banner-on-ubuntu/">http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/change-ssh-welcome-banner-on-ubuntu/</a> Linux xxx 2.6.24-27-xen #1 SMP Mon Feb 22 20:10:13 UTC 2010 x86_64 The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://help.ubuntu.com/">http://help.ubuntu.com/</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Just follow the directions you see on that page. I use VI to edit files. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> The "/etc/motd" advice is old. </pre> </blockquote> That may be but it still works and is easy to do. just do the following sudo vi /etc/motd enter your password. type dd to remove each line of text you want deleted. to save and close your file type :wq Make sure you include the colon. Pretty darn easy! </body> </html>