[SunHELP] Removing Sun Banner when Telnetting

[Sean Holden]

The file isnt there by default. Check the man page for in.telnetd. The
motd is displayed after you login. The banner is displayed to anyone
who connects to the system via telnet. It is probably a good idea to
disable the banner if you must use telnet, but any script kid with nmap
can still determine your os and version. The safest thing is to disable
telnet and use ssh wherever possible.

Sean
--- John Duksta <jduksta at genuity.com> wrote:
> 
> Nope, motd shows once you're logged into the system.
> I don't see an /etc/default/telnetd on any of my systems
> here, but we don't run telnet either.
> 
> Anyway, I always thought the login banner was
> kept in /etc/issue.
> 
> -john
> 
> At 10:16 AM 10/22/2001 -0700, Steve Wingate wrote:
> >Shouldn't that file be /etc/motd?
> >
> >On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:36:27 +0100
> >"Leon Halford" <leon.halford at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On target server:
> > >
> > > # cat > /etc/default/telnetd << EOD
> > > BANNER="Authorised Use Only"
> > > EOD
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org] On
> > > Behalf Of darshan pai
> > > Sent: 22 October 2001 17:03
> > > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > > Subject: [SunHELP] Removing Sun Banner when Telnetting
> > >
> > > Whenever we telnet into a system , the banner gives the OS of the
> Unix
> > > system .
> > > How can i diable it ...
> 
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