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SSH Login Banner

Question asked by T.J. Reed on Jun 27, 2016
Latest reply on Jun 28, 2016 by T.J. Reed
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All,

 

Will the following procedure display a banner for a user when connecting to the RSA Authentication Manager 3.0 Appliance via ssh?

 

1) SSH into the RSA Authentication Manager 3.0

2) Elevate to root (sudo su -)

3) Use vi to create a sshd-banner file:

 

vi /etc/ssh/sshd-banner

 

4) Enter the text for the banner

5) Us vi to edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file with the following:

 

Banner /etc/ssh/sshd-banner

 

6) Restart sshd with the following command:

 

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

 

 

Thank you,

 

  1. T.J.
Hussein El Baz
Hussein El Baz Employee Jun 28, 2016 3:26 AM
Correct Answer

Hello T.J. Reed,

 

These are correct steps to add a banner of your own on the server. Just another information that you can change the path /etc/ssh/sshd-banner to any path that you need.

 

So kindly check and advise us back if there is any assistance needed from our side.

 

Best Regards,

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