ASCII Art for your SSH logins

Here is a nice way to spice up your SSH logins.

To create a cool ASCII art banner for your server, first start off by going here:

http://www.network-science.de/ascii/

Type your server name into the text field. On the font choice, select “_all fonts with your text_”. Click OK to generate the ASCII art. Copy the one you like into the clipboard.

On your server, paste this into the file /etc/banner

Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change the “Banner” directive to “Banner /etc/banner”

Restart SSH

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One Response to “ASCII Art for your SSH logins”

Renton July 24th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

Very cool. How do you get backslashes to display though??

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