Re: Possible to print message(s) before login?

I'm curious as to why you'd want to do this. Not that there is never any
reasons to do this but I'm wondering why.


Derek Frye wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to print a message before the login prompt or after the
> login prompt but before the password prompt? This way unauthenticated
> users can see a small message (like "Hello!").
>
> I looked through the source for version 4.2 and couldn't find where the
> login strings are constructed and sent (except in the client software
> portion). Maybe all strings (like "login: ", where users enter username)
> are generated and encrypted in the client software in response to server
> packets (non-strings)? So is there even a way to send strings before
> successful authentication?
>
> Maybe this would violate the design of openssh?

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