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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>6.19. pam_motd - display the motd file</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.69.1"><link rel="start" href="Linux-PAM_SAG.html" title="The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide"><link rel="up" href="sag-module-reference.html" title="Chapter 6. A reference guide for available modules"><link rel="prev" href="sag-pam_mkhomedir.html" title="6.18. pam_mkhomedir - create users home directory"><link rel="next" href="sag-pam_namespace.html" title="6.20. pam_namespace - setup a private namespace"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">6.19. pam_motd - display the motd file</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sag-pam_mkhomedir.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 6. A reference guide for available modules</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sag-pam_namespace.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sag-pam_motd"></a>6.19. pam_motd - display the motd file</h2></div></div></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">pam_motd.so</code> [
motd=<em class="replaceable"><code>/path/filename</code></em>
]</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_motd-description"></a>6.19.1. DESCRIPTION</h3></div></div></div><p>
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 <code class="filename">/etc/motd</code> file is
shown. The message size is limited to 64KB.
</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_motd-options"></a>6.19.2. OPTIONS</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">motd=<em class="replaceable"><code>/path/filename</code></em></code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
The <code class="filename">/path/filename</code> file is displayed
as message of the day.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_motd-services"></a>6.19.3. MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED</h3></div></div></div><p>
Only the <code class="option">session</code> service is supported.
</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_motd-return_values"></a>6.19.4. RETURN VALUES</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">PAM_IGNORE</span></dt><dd><p>
This is the only return value of this module.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_motd-examples"></a>6.19.5. EXAMPLES</h3></div></div></div><p>
The suggested usage for <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/login</code> is:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
session optoinal pam_motd.so motd=/etc/motd
</pre></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_motd-author"></a>6.19.6. AUTHOR</h3></div></div></div><p>
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
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