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Operating Systems BSD How to i change the login banner in obsd 3.3 Post 40607 by RTM on Thursday 18th of September 2003 05:13:14 PM
Old 09-18-2003
This link has a series on pre-login - seems to be a trick in the gettytab

Quote:
bauhaus wrote:
>> I'm trying to setup a pre-login banner (multiple lines...standard
>> corporate disclaimer, etc.) for console logins on OpenBSD 3.3 with no
>> luck.
>>
>> I've looked at gettytab. It doesn't appear to support the if option
>> for the issue file. I tried the im option but it only displayed the
>> text before the first carriage return. I am unable to find additional
>
>? The default im option has 3 "\r\n" in it so that the banner is
>displayed over a few lines.
>
>Did you try to use that trick?

Per Bulba007's suggestion:
Editing /etc/motd won't work as the banner is required *prior* to
logging in.

As for using "\r\n" several times to manually specify carriage
returns, that solves the problem. I just didn't get it. Thank you
Hugo!
 

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libssh2_banner_set(3)						  libssh2 manual					     libssh2_banner_set(3)

NAME
libssh2_banner_set - set the SSH prococol banner for the local client SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h> int libssh2_banner_set(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *banner); DESCRIPTION
This function is DEPRECATED. Use libssh2_session_banner_set(3) instead! session - Session instance as returned by libssh2_session_init_ex(3) banner - A pointer to a user defined banner Set the banner that will be sent to the remote host when the SSH session is started with libssh2_session_handshake(3) This is optional; a banner corresponding to the protocol and libssh2 version will be sent by default. RETURN VALUE
Return 0 on success or negative on failure. It returns LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative number, it isn't really a failure per se. AVAILABILITY
Marked as deprecated since 1.4.0 ERRORS
LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC - An internal memory allocation call failed. SEE ALSO
libssh2_session_handshake(3) libssh2 0.15 1 Jun 2007 libssh2_banner_set(3)
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