posted Nov 12, 2015, 6:34 PM by Joshua S
This tutorial will customize the login banner of the RaspberryPi. This can be a good way to display basic information about the Pi each time a user logs in. In this case, we'll use it to include the name, IP address, and purpose of the Pi, but you can include whatever you consider to be meaningful.
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- RaspberryPi – The actual RaspberryPi hardware this will all be built around. In this tutorial, a Raspberry Pi 2 is used and has a memory card with the Raspbian operating system pre-installed.
- PuTTY SSH Client – PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. Other SSH tools can be used, but this tutorial will leverage PuTTY.
Prerequisites: - Install Raspbian on a memory card for the Raspberry Pi – for a tutorial to do this, try:
- Update Raspbian to the latest software versions. This should be periodically and prior to making any changes to the RaspberryPi. For a tutorial to do this, try:
Project: - I know I said this guide was going to be comprehensive and not skip any steps, so what better way to start this off than by skipping steps. I am not writing out instructions for the following (and illustrating from XKCD):
- Buying a MicroSD Card
- Buying a RaspberryPi
- Finding the IP Address of your Pi
- This can be done in many ways, including on your router or using an IP scanner such as (AngryIP Scanner or NMAP) -- if there are requests from the "Contact Me" form; I'll look to create a tutorial for this.
- Obtaining and installing PuTTY
- Using PuTTY (or the SSH client of your choice) enter the IP Address or DNS Name of the RaspberryPi.
- If this is the first time you connect, you will get a warning that the RaspberryPi's host key is unknown. Click "Accept" or "Connect Once" to proceed with the connection.
- Once connected, log onto the Pi using the credentials you created. If you have not defined your own credentials, you should, but these are the default credentials:
- UserID: pi
- Password: raspberry
- OK, good! Now that everything is updated, let's edit the /etc/motd file using nano. While you can replace the entire message, I elected to leave the default message intact and add my custom message to the bottom:
- With the message customized, you're all set. Let's reboot and log back in to see the message.
- It works! Congratulations, your login message is updated!
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