NAME
pam_motd - Display the motd file
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 succesful 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.
MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED
Only the
session
service is supported.
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(8),
pam(8)
AUTHOR
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.