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Manual Reference Pages  - PAM_MOTD (8)

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pam_motd - Display the motd file

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pam_motd.so [motd=/path/filename]

pam_motd is a PAM module that can be used to display arbitrary motd (message of the day) files after a succesful login. By default the /etc/motd file is shown. The message size is limited to 64KB.

motd=/path/filename
	The /path/filename file is displayed as message of the day.

Only the session service is supported.

PAM_IGNORE
	This is the only return value of this module.

The suggested usage for /etc/pam.d/login is:

session  optoinal  pam_motd.so  motd=/etc/motd
     

motd(5), pam.conf(5), pam.d(8), pam(8)

pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.

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