Here is a quick tip on how to add a welcome message for your SSH users.
If you want users to see a banner welcome message when connecting to your SSH server, you need to turn on the banner configuration of SSHd and then create a banner file.
Step 1:
Create a banner file that contains text you [...]

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SSH is a powerful remote logging protocol that took the place of telnet back in the mid-to-late 90’s. With so many people using SSH as an every day tool, it is important for server administrators to understand some ways of making the secure shell a bit more… well… secure. In this article you will [...]

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If you are a system administrator who allows remote access to your server or desktop, you may want to disable certain users from logging into the system both remotely and locally. This article will explain how to prevent certain users from logging into your Linux machine via SSH (OpenSSH_4.4p1) and FTP (vsftpd 2.0.5).
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I have access to a numerous amount of Linux machines for work and personal matters. Instead of having a ton of different SSH or PuTTY windows open, each connected to a server that I administrate, I decided to use screen to connect to all of them, and manage each one in a different screen window.
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