What's the trick to enabling the PE Console to dis...
# puppet-enterprisem
Mike Loseke
04/22/2026, 4:06 PMWhat's the trick to enabling the PE Console to display the contents of /etc/puppetlabs/console-services/disclaimer.txt upon login? I have the file created there and that's the path specified in /etc/puppetlabs/console-services/conf.d/console.conf but I'm not seeing it on login. I've restarted the pe-console-services with no change as well. The steps here do not really go into much more detail with this file on disk method.
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Jason St-Cyr
04/22/2026, 6:17 PMI don't suppose it's possible that you previously set the disclaimer via the API? I think the API disclaimer is prioritized over the file-based disclaimer.
Jason St-Cyr
04/22/2026, 6:18 PMAPI docs here: Disclaimer endpoints | Puppet Enterprise (PE) | 2025.10
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Mike Loseke
04/22/2026, 6:18 PMPretty sure not, I have no disclaimer at all currently or ever have for that matter.
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Jason St-Cyr
04/22/2026, 6:28 PMI'm guessing you already looked in the console logs for errors and don't see anything about permission issue reading the file, or file not found when it tries to get the disclaimer.txt file?
Jason St-Cyr
04/22/2026, 6:29 PMI wonder if it is a configuration issue with the path to the file? Like perhaps your console.conf has an invalid format so it isn't giving the console services the value?
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Mike Loseke
04/22/2026, 6:38 PMOh dang, permissions was it. 0644 for the win. Thanks.
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Jason St-Cyr
04/22/2026, 6:42 PMcelebrate
Jason St-Cyr
04/28/2026, 12:09 PMI asked the docs team to add some troubleshooting for the two common issues with this: https://help.puppet.com/pe/current/topics/console-access-create-custom-banner.htm
Hopefully that will help the next person!