pam_motd (8)
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Title: pam_motd
Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
Date: 09/19/2013
Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
Source: Linux-PAM Manual
Language: English
NAME
pam_motd - Display the motd fileSYNOPSIS
- pam_motd.so [motd=/path/filename]
DESCRIPTION
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
motd(5), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7), update-motd(5)
AUTHOR
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.