edit /etc/issue

[samimetro]

hi, i'm trying to remove the welcome to proxmox message that is displayed at the ssh login screen.

i found the info to be in /etc/issue but when i edited it manually, saved and exit, reboot the server for a test, it came back to the factory welcome to proxmox etc...

how can i change it perminantly to something else which is only text, no IP no other functions, just simply text.

i should mention, i have proxmox 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 on seperate servers that i would like to do this on.

thx

 

[dietmar]

There is a sysv init script called /etc/init.d/pvebanner. Edit or disable that.

 

[samimetro]

There is a sysv init script called /etc/init.d/pvebanner. Edit or disable that.

thank you, i found it, except how do i disable it?
i tried renaming that file to something else, that didn't work, i also tried commenting out everything in the file, that didn't work either.

it still shows me the "Welcome to the Proxmox Virtual Environment...."

 

[dietmar]

it still shows me the "Welcome to the Proxmox Virtual Environment...."

after disabling, edit /etc/issue

I guess the correct way to disable the script is

# insserv -r /etc/init.d/pvebanner

 

[samimetro]

thanks for your reply,

that did not do it for me either. i ran the exact command you provided on my test proxmox 3.3 server, and it didn't change anything.
any other ideas?

 

[mir]

Try this instead:
sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d pvebanner remove

 

[mir]

I guess the correct way to disable the script is

# insserv -r /etc/init.d/pvebanner

update-rc.d is the Debian why.
"DESCRIPTION insserv is a low level tool used by update-rc.d which enables an installed system init
script (`boot script') by reading the comment header of the script, e.g.:
"

 

[samimetro]

i just tried that, without sudo since i'm logged in as root, then i got this msg
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing

then rebooted, and still shows the banner

 

[mir]

What does /etc/issue contain?

 

[samimetro]

What does /etc/issue contain?

thank you, that did it.

you're right, i followed your steps, then forgot about the /etc/issue. it did have exactly what was displayed, i renamed the file, and now we're good.

thank you for all your help

 

[mfaridi]

Try this instead:
sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d pvebanner remove

I use proxmox 4 and I use above command and rename issue , but after reboot I see again . that banner . and I can not remove banner.

 

[sigxcpu]

mfaridi, it was suggested to you before to read a Debian book. If the sysv script/service is disabled with update-rc.d, the systemd script/service in PVE4 is disabled with....... ?

 

[mfaridi]

mfaridi, it was suggested to you before to read a Debian book. If the sysv script/service is disabled with update-rc.d, the systemd script/service in PVE4 is disabled with....... ?

I stop and disable but nothing happen

systemctl stop  pvebanner
systemctl disable  pvebanner

and I see banner .

 

[sigxcpu]

You didn't read all of the above. Now that you've disabled the banner service it will not override it. You can edit /etc/issue and write there whatever you want.

Alex