PAM_MOTD
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 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.
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(8)
AUTHOR
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins
<bcollins@debian.org>.
