UTF-8 encoded `/etc/issue` special chars not shown while doing ssh, why?
Issue
-
While accessing the RHEL6.4 server via
ssh, the contents of/etc/issue, which includes special charactersÑ, á, ó,etc, are shown with numeric codes\321,\341,\363, etc. -
Versions of
opensshon source and target servers:
MASTER:
[root@master ~]# rpm -qa | grep openssh
openssh-clients-5.3p1-94.el6.x86_64
openssh-server-5.3p1-94.el6.x86_64
openssh-5.3p1-94.el6.x86_64
SLAVE:
[root@slave ~]# rpm -qa | grep openssh
openssh-clients-5.3p1-94.el6.x86_64
openssh-server-5.3p1-94.el6.x86_64
openssh-5.3p1-94.el6.x86_64
- While opening
sshsession get the following:
[root@master ~]# ssh slave
ESPA\321A
Los puestos de trabajo inform\341ticos s\363lo deben utilizarse para
los fines espec\355ficos del trabajo asignado, siendo responsabilidad
del usuario hacer un uso correcto de los equipos.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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