pam_motd
Display the motd file
- Provided by: libpam-modules (Version: 1.1.8-1ubuntu2.2)
- Source: pam
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SYNOPSIS
pam_motd.so [motd=/path/filename]
DESCRIPTION
pam_motd is a PAM module that can be used to display arbitrary motd (message of the day) files after a successful login. By default the /etc/motd file is shown. The message size is limited to 64KB.
OPTIONS
motd=/path/filename
The /path/filename file is displayed as message of the
day.
noupdate
Don't run the scripts in /etc/update-motd.d to refresh
the motd file.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
Only the session module type is provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_IGNORE
This is the only return value of this module.
EXAMPLES
The suggested usage for /etc/pam.d/login is:
session optional pam_motd.so motd=/etc/motd
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.