How to remove "user at host's password" from ssh login prompt?

[Eero Volotinen]

As I said. Prompt comes from ssh-client (on local machine).

Eero

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 12:24 PM Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 01:12:08AM +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> > On Sun, 2018-09-02 at 15:32 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > > How can one remove the username and hostname that precede "password"
> > > when logging in using ssh?
> >
> > That prompt is presented by your local system, not by the remote
> > system. It is knowledge that your local system has - the name you are
> > trying to connect as, and the system you are trying to connect to.
> >
> Yes, I realise that, though it's unclear whether it's the ssh daemon
> that does it or something else (login executable?).
>
>
> > I would characterise it as harmless.
> >
> > That said, why do you want to remove it?
> >
> Yes, it's not a *big* issue but I'd really prefer not to give someone
> who happens to get a prompt the name of the system and the user.  One
> system I use just presents "Password:" and I'd like to do the same.
>
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