pam_motd -- Display the motd file

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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 and all files from /etc/motd.d are shown. The message size
   is limited to 64KB.

   To silence a message, a symbolic link with target /dev/null may be placed
   in /etc/motd.d with the same filename as the message to be silenced.
   Example:

   ln -sfn /dev/null /etc/motd.d/my_motd

OPTIONS

   motd=/path/filename

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

   motd_dir=/path/dirname.d

           The /path/dirname.d directory is scanned and each file contained
           inside of it is displayed.

   When no options are given, the default is to display both /etc/motd and
   the contents of /etc/motd.d. Specifying either option (or both) will
   disable this default behavior.

EXAMPLES

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

 session  optional  pam_motd.so


   To use a motd file from a different location:

 session  optional  pam_motd.so motd=/elsewhere/motd


   To use a motd file from elsewhere, along with a corresponding .d
   directory:

 session  optional  pam_motd.so motd=/elsewhere/motd motd_dir=/elsewhere/motd.d


AUTHOR

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

   The motd_dir= option was added by Allison Karlitskaya
   <allison.karlitskaya@redhat.com>.
