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PAM_MOTD(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_MOTD(8)
pam_motd - Display the motd file
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 successful 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 module type is provided.
PAM_IGNORE
This is the only return value of this module.
The suggested usage for /etc/pam.d/login is:
session optional pam_motd.so motd=/etc/motd
motd(5), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
This page is part of the linux-pam (Pluggable Authentication Modules
for Linux) project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.linux-pam.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual
page, see ⟨//www.linux-pam.org/⟩. This page was obtained from the
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Linux-PAM Manual 04/01/2016 PAM_MOTD(8)
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