How to change the login banner/message

The login banner is essential to legal actions taken against people who misuse and illegally hack into your box. There have been cases where the hackers got off because the server they hacked into actually “Welcomed” them into the system!

To change the login banner/welcome message, simply edit the /etc/issue file and put whatever you want into this file, best option is to keep it empty.

#vi /etc/issue