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motd

motd logo
Maintainer	ReetP
Source:	smeserver-motd
Licence	open source
Category	Security
Tags	Ssh

Version

smecontribs 11:

0.1-11

smecontribs 10:

0.1-8

smecontribs 9:

0.1-5

smeserver-motd

The latest version of smeserver-motd is available in the SME repository, click on the version number(s) for more information.

Description

smeserver-motd - A small contribution to give a more informative display on ssh login.

Installation

For SME 11For SME 10For SME 9

dnf install smeserver-motd

yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-motd

yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-motd
signal-event post-upgrade

Usage

To enable the login use:

config setprop motd status enabled message Blue info Green

To disable the standard MOTD:

config setprop sshd MotdStatus disabled

To update:

signal-event remoteaccess-update

Colours available (only affect text, not background). Note they are Case Sensitive. If a colour name is not recognised it should revert to Std

White, Blue, Green, LightGreen, Black, Red, LightRed, DarkGray, LightGray, Cyan, LightCyan, Purple, LightPurple
Std (reverts to normal)

Uninstall

If you want to remove the contrib, just run:

yum remove smeserver-motd

Bugs

Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in bugzilla and select the smeserver-motd component or use this link

"No open bugs found."

Changelog

Only versions released in smecontrib are listed here.

smeserver-motd-0.1-11.el8.sme Changelog: SME 11 (smecontribs)

2025/11/06 Brian Read 0.1-11.sme
- Make sure rpm has .el8.sme in name [SME: 13275]

2024/09/08 fix-e-smith-pkg.sh by Trevor Batley 0.1-10.sme
- Fix e-smith references in smeserver-motd [SME: 12732]

2024/09/07 cvs2git.sh aka Brian Read 0.1-9.sme
- Roll up patches and move to git repo [SME: 12338]

2024/09/07 BogusDateBot
- Eliminated rpmbuild "bogus date" warnings due to inconsistent weekday,

by assuming the date is correct and changing the weekday.

2021/03/25 Brian Read 0.1-8.sme
- Add /etc/ssh/sshd_conf expansion to -update event [SME: 11066]

smeserver-motd-0.1-11.el8.sme Changelog: SME 10 (smecontribs)

2021/03/25 Brian Read 0.1-8.sme
- Add /etc/ssh/sshd_conf expansion to -update event [SME: 11066]

2021/03/24 Brian Read 0.1-7.sme
- Add Update event to createlinks [SME: 11066]

2021/03/24 BogusDateBot
- Eliminated rpmbuild "bogus date" warnings due to inconsistent weekday,

by assuming the date is correct and changing the weekday.

2020/10/29 Brian Read 0.1-6.sme
- Initial import to SME10 tree [SME: 11066]

2016/06/29 John Crisp 0.1-5.sme
- Add db type key

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