Shows helper messages at or before login using motd
, issue
, and profile
.
Useful in situations where a desktop environment is not available and information is communicated through the terminal.
The following messages will show before or upon login after installing console-login-helper-messages
and enabling the needed units (see manual).
- issuegen:
- available ssh keys from
/etc/ssh
- ip addresses of network interfaces to SSH into
- available ssh keys from
- motdgen:
- system information from
/etc/os-release
- system information from
- profile:
- failed systemd units
Before login (serial console):
SSH host key: SHA256:yP+/44/bfuj6UKHdUwAVURsO3y6haKLKfSFNcnmn7bY (ECDSA)
SSH host key: SHA256:gGDZ/JQzwL76UpT29dyZ/M6Zua7QvGyegP8aTLc/D+Y (DSA)
SSH host key: SHA256:nQEysCYP3hZgkus2+e28KQGrs0pRI2NOgJGQ6L8PnyU (RSA)
SSH host key: SHA256:A3c6toZ3/eTMKNDmyyG9CYUSWsdSunmTeOC68iuDfAg (ED25519)
eth0: 192.168.122.36 fe80::5054:ff:fe85:43a6
At login:
Fedora (29 (Cloud Edition))
[systemd]
Failed Units: 1
var-srv.mount
See the manual.
To verify working package functionality manually (for now), see the reviewers doc.
The motd/issue messages are defaults and can be disabled following the manual.
Messages can be appended to the motd or issue, by placing files in the directories sourced by motdgen/issuegen to generate the message (see manual).
For information on contributing and testing changes in a virtual machine, see the development README.