10-01-2002
Dynamic MOTD
Hello all,
I'm looking for a way to have motd display something different when users log in based on what groups they belong to. I'm network administratinng at a college and professors would like to have different posts come up to students when they log in based on the different classes they are enrolled in. If /etc/motd doesn't support this, is there somewhere else I should explore?
Thanks,
hoppese
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PAM_MOTD(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_MOTD(8)
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.
noupdate
Don't run the scripts in /etc/update-motd.d to refresh the motd file.
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(7), update-motd(5)
AUTHOR
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
Linux-PAM Manual 09/19/2013 PAM_MOTD(8)