steigr / console-login-helper-messages

A set of scripts to show helpful system information to the login terminal.

console-login-helper-messages

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.

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• Messages shown
  • Example
• Installation
• Customizing
• Development

Messages shown

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
• motdgen:
  • system information from /etc/os-release
• profile:
  • failed systemd units

Example

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

Installation

See the manual.

To verify working package functionality manually (for now), see the reviewers doc.

Customizing

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).

Development

For information on contributing and testing changes in a virtual machine, see the development README.