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Redhat login banner

You must be wondering how to change the system login banner. It is a very simple task. You login banner is stored in /etc/issue file. It is a text file which contains a message or system identification to be printed before the login prompt. Just open file in vi text editor:
# vi /etc/issue

Add/modify text as per your needs. In your /etc/issue file you can include certain escape codes to display the system name, date and time etc. All escape codes consist of a backslash (\) immediately followed
by one of the letters explained below:

  • d : Insert the current date.
  • s : Insert the system name, the name of the operating system.
  • l : Insert the name of the current tty line.
  • m : Insert the architecture identifier of the machine, eg. i486
  • n :Insert the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname.
  • o :Insert the domainname of the machine.
  • r : Insert the release number of the OS, eg. 1.1.9.
  • t :Insert the current time.
  • u : Insert the number of current users logged in.
  • U : Insert the string “N user(s)” or “N users” where N is the number of current users logged in
  • v : Insert the version of the OS, eg. the build‐date etc.

An example of /etc/issue file with escape codes:

1) Open /etc/issue file
# vi /etc/issue

2) Append/edit/add following text to file:
This is \n.\o (\s \m \r) \t

3) Save file and exit to shell prompt.

My baaner printed before the login prompt as follows:

This is server.nixcraft.in (Linux i686 2.6.13-web100) 20:01:30

server login:

Please note that other Linux distrobution such as Debian also support /etc/issue file, so you can edit it to display login banner.

Author adminPosted on October 4, 2005December 27, 2007Categories Hakuna matataTags append, backslash, code 3, current date, current time, current users, linux i686, login banner, nautilus, please note that, server login, ssh server, sshd, system identification, tty lineLeave a comment on Redhat login banner

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