{"repo":"x70b1/motd-on-acid","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/x70b1/motd-on-acid","clone":"git clone https://github.com/x70b1/motd-on-acid.git","description":"This MOTD has so many colors!","language":"Shell","stars":78,"topics":["motd","bash"],"license":"Unlicense","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"motd-on-acid This MOTD has so many colors! This thing is from hell. It's colourful. It shows a lot. It's fun. But I guess we have reached the limit. The execution is sometimes too slow. It makes it annoying when you log in. So be careful. I warned you. Preview The most of the icons in this preview are from Font Awesome 5 Pro. I also used fontello to create some own icons. Setup 1. Check the dependencies. Some modules require jq , the banner needs figlet . Install them. 2. Copy motd-on-acid.sh to /.bashrc motd on your system. 3. Run motd-on-acid at the end of your .bashrc . Add the modules as arguments. The output is ordered in the same way. 4. Replace the predefined values with your own. The complete list of vars is at the top of the script. Make it better If you use the example above you will get some problems. 1. You only want to see motd-on-acid if you login with ssh on an interactive shell. 2. You need a way to disable it sometimes. The result would look like this: Also add AcceptEnv MOTD to your /etc/ssh/sshd config . Now you can run export MOTD=0; ssh -o SendEnv=MOTD -t host.name.net to disable MOTD. That is useful if you run ssh commands in scripts. Remove other output You still have disturbing output which is not required. Change some values in your /etc/ssh/sshd config : Disable or remove all pam motd.so PAM includes in /etc/pam.d/sshd Modules --banner Prints a figlet banner, linux distribution, kernel version and uptime. --cpu Prints the loadavg threshold and hardwa","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/x70b1","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/x70b1/motd-on-acid/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}