On 2/27/06, Marco Calviani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After having enabled the file in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file with > > Banner /etc/issue > > file i've observed that effectively the system shows the "welcome" string. > However i'm not seeing the effective system name, kernel etc.... but only > this: > > This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t > > Password: > > it seems that the escape character is not correctly identified. > > What i'm doing wrong?
Those escape characters are recognized only by the getty program, which is used for console logins. You should still be able to use the color setting escape sequences, since those are terminal escapes. But the substitution stuff is getty specific, and will not work with ssh. -Richard -- [email protected] mailing list

