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

[Colin Watson]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 10:19:56AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> Yes, I realise that, though it's unclear whether it's the ssh daemon
> that does it or something else (login executable?).

I gave the precise source code reference in an earlier message.

> 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.

I could understand this if it were something presented by the server,
but it's not - the prompt is presented by the client.  It sounds like
you're thinking that this is information leaked by the server, but it
isn't.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]