Hide hostname in telnet

shan_nathan · 12-21-2007, 05:02 AM

Dear all,

linux@linux:~> telnet localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Welcome to SUSE LINUX 10.1 (i586) - Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.25-smp (2).

linux login:

Can some on tell me how to hide the hostname in telnet login.
I know telnet is not secure. But i want to know how to hide this
Can Some one help me in this case please!

Thanks
Shan

unSpawn · 12-21-2007, 05:35 AM

Something to do with /etc/issue(.net).

shan_nathan · 01-09-2008, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by unSpawn

Something to do with /etc/issue(.net).

I could not find anything on that

SlowCoder · 01-09-2008, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by shan_nathan

I could not find anything on that

Did you actually look? /etc/issue has been around for *centuries*. Make a simple change to it, and see if it makes a difference to your login.

unSpawn · 01-09-2008, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shan_nathan

I could not find anything on that

Reading 'man telnetd' gives you: "If the file /etc/issue.net is present, telnetd will display its contents before the login prompt of a telnet session (see issue.net5)." In 'man issue' notice "char sequences". On to 'man mingetty', check at "ISSUE ESCAPES".