Customizing your system banners and messages
In this recipe, we will learn how to display a welcome message if a user successfully logs in to our CentOS 7 system using SSH or console, or opens a new terminal window in a graphical window manager. This is often used to show the user informative messages, or for legal reasons.
Getting ready
To complete this recipe, you will require a minimal installation of the CentOS 7 operating system with root privileges and a console-based text editor of your choice.
How to do it...
- To begin, log in to your system using your root user account and create the following new file with your favorite text editor:
vi /etc/motd - Next, we will put in the following content in this new file:
############################################### ...
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