Suppress ssh login banner from broctl output -------------------------------------------- Key: BIT-1498 URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1498 Project: Bro Issue Tracker Issue Type: Patch Components: BroControl Affects Versions: 2.4 Reporter: scampbell Assignee: Daniel Thayer Priority: Trivial Labels: broctl Fix For: 2.5 When using broctl in an environment with login banners, they will be displayed in the broctl command. In the event that they can not be configured away on the sshd end using '-q' avoids displaying the banner on the client side. The patch is trivial: --- a/BroControl/ssh_runner.py +++ b/BroControl/ssh_runner.py @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class SSHMaster: self.base_cmd = [ "ssh", "-o", "BatchMode=yes", + "-q", host, ] self.need_connect = True