How can I disable/modify the SSH login banner for a given user?
asked Mar 31, 2011 at 9:29
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I think it is located at /etc/motd. Try editing that file and see– sagarchaliseMar 31, 2011 at 9:33
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I did edit it but the changes are always overwritten by this default message.– Olivier LalondeMar 31, 2011 at 9:36
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ubuntugeek.com/… says there is /etc/motd.tail file you should edit for ubuntu server.– sagarchaliseMar 31, 2011 at 9:40
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It seems it is possible to disable this message on a user basis by creating an empty file in a user's $HOME directory (/home/username/) called .hushlogin.
touch ~/.hushlogin
answered Mar 31, 2011 at 9:37
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Might be worth mentioning that this is performed on the system that sends the banner. Not the one that receives it. Feb 15, 2022 at 22:53
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If you want to disable that message for all ssh users, edit /etc/pam.d/sshd and comment out the lines
session optional pam_motd.so motd=/run/motd.dynamic noupdate
session optional pam_motd.so # [1]
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config make sure there is a line:
PrintMotd no
If it is set to 'yes' change it to 'no'.
Restart the SSH server by typing
service ssh restart
You should be good to go from there.
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+1 Your solution is great because it keeps Last login but hides the rest.– NahydrinMay 30, 2014 at 19:31
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2Doesn't seem to work. At least not in 14.04. Mine was already set
"no"and yet the welcome greeting was still showing. What helped was updating/etc/pam.d/sshd.– oᴉɹǝɥɔJun 5, 2015 at 15:24 -
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No longer applies to 14.04, see @cweiske's answer as it does work for 14.04. Jan 21, 2016 at 20:14
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It is also possible to disable banner using client-side only solution, that is by setting log level to error:
ssh -o LogLevel=Error <rest of cmd>
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This is the answer, if you don't have sudo access to turn off the Banner on the remote machine. Apr 25, 2022 at 16:12
.hushlogin didn't do the trick for me (on Debian 7), but setting Banner to /dev/null in /etc/ssh/sshd_config :
#Banner /etc/issue.net
Banner /dev/null
