how to cahnge the opening page when connecting using ssh?

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I want to change the opening page when I connecting using ssh this is what I have now :

Welcome to Ubuntu 15.10 (GNU/Linux 4.2.0-42-generic x86_64)

Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/

Last login: Tue Nov 29 13:43:00 2016 from 10.0.0.123

where do I change it someone wrote to change /etc/motd but I don't this file so waht do I need to change?

Thanks ,

Why do you want to change it, and what do you want to change it to ? — Soren A, Nov 29 '16 at 12:13
I want to change it to "Welcome to my computer - have a nice day! " — user283170, Nov 29 '16 at 12:28

HungryFoolish · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-29T16:25:07.940

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The Welcome message you see is called Message Of The Day generated by update-motd package.

Install the package update-motd by:

$ sudo apt-get install update-motd

Now go to /etc/update-motd.d/.
You'll find some scripts like 00-header, 99-footer etc.
Modify these files as per your required message and restart the ssh server by:

$ sudo service ssh restart

Now try to ssh into you machine.

edited Nov 29 '16 at 16:25

answered Nov 29 '16 at 12:46

HungryFoolish

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Doesn't work Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package motd-update – user283170 Nov 29 '16 at 13:15
Look for update-motd – Jean-Marie Nov 29 '16 at 13:21
I have found /etc/update-motd.d/. and change waht I want , but how do I remove this line - Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ – user283170 Nov 29 '16 at 13:23
Updated my answer. Typo in package name. Thanks@Jean-Marie – HungryFoolish Nov 29 '16 at 16:26

how to cahnge the opening page when connecting using ssh?

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