It was the /etc/motd file. I had already edited the file but failed to
take out the top line. I was trying to make this harder than it really
was.
Thanks
Ray
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 17:31, Matthew Seaman wrote:
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 03:44:14PM -0500, Ray Seals wrote:
I don't want the
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 09:35:31AM -0500, Ray Seals wrote:
It was the /etc/motd file. I had already edited the file but failed to
take out the top line. I was trying to make this harder than it really
was.
You realise that if someone can log in to the system they can
trivially discover the
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 13:48, Kris Kennaway wrote:
You realise that if someone can log in to the system they can
trivially discover the OS and OS version by querying the kernel? As a
security measure this change has zero benefit.
Yes, uname -a will do the trick. Here is what I wanted. I
Maybe you can edit your /etc/gettytab
default:\
:cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\r\n\Some Text Here
\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:\
:if=/etc/issue:
then you can maybe also use figlet to generate some fancy
text to your /etc/issue.
You can also disallow users from accessing uname.
hope this helps.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 03:44:14PM -0500, Ray Seals wrote:
I don't want the console to display the OS version number. I have
removed the %h variable from gettytab for my remote login users. Where
can I remove this info from the Console screen?
Edit /etc/motd ?
If you've got an /etc/issue
