/etc/motd
I have been using Linux for many years, but only recently found out about /etc/motd
. When you SSH into a server, it displays a message that varies depending on your Linux distribution. For instance, a stock Debian installation looks like this:
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Wed Sep 14 23:38:34 2016 user@hostname:~#
/etc/motd
. I believe this stands for "message of the day". This means that you can have this message say anything that you would like by editing the contents of /etc/motd
. For example, you can use this Text to ASCII generator to put the hostname of your server in stunning ASCII text and make it look like this:
Levs-MacBook-Pro:~ levlaz$ ssh dev.levops.net _ _ _ __| | _____ _| | _____ _____ _ __ ___ _ __ ___| |_ / _` |/ _ \ \ / / |/ _ \ \ / / _ \| '_ \/ __| | '_ \ / _ \ __| | (_| | __/\ V /| | __/\ V / (_) | |_) \__ \_| | | | __/ |_ \__,_|\___| \_(_)_|\___| \_/ \___/| .__/|___(_)_| |_|\___|\__| |_|dev:~#
/etc/update-motd.d/
directory on a standard install.
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