Change pre-login message in the Linux terminal Link to heading
You need to edit /etc/issue file to change a pre-login messages in the Linux Terminal
1sudo cp /etc/issue /etc/issue.orig
Character sequences to display various information (source)
- \d - Insert the current date
- \t - Insert the current time
- \n - Insert the hostname
- \l - Insert the name of the current tty line
- \4 - Insert the machine’s IPv4 address (CentOS and Debian)
Example:
1# cat /etc/issue
2[\l] Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
3hostname : \n
4address : \4
5
6# output
7[tty1] Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
8hostname: 192.168.15.27
9address : websrv1