Security News > 2021 > May > How to disable the Linux login banner

Looking to eke out as much security as you can from your Linux servers? Jack Wallen shows you how you can limit the information would-be ne'er-do-wells get by disabling the login banner.

When you log in to Linux, either by way of SSH or the console, you are greeted with a banner that offers up a few important bits of information.

If you're doing everything you can to secure that Linux server, the information shared by that banner can be a gold mine to ne'er do wells and would-be attackers.

So how do you prevent that information from being displayed when users log into your Linux systems? Let me show you.

The most effective way to do this is by way of creating a per-user file that disables the login banner.

With these configurations in place, it won't matter who logs into your Linux machine, they won't see the banner.

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