welcome(1) General Commands Manual welcome(1)NAME
welcome - prints out a nice welcome message with useful statistics
SYNTAX
welcome
DESCRIPTION
The command makes a graphic box over box and prints out the time, day, and system stats
assumes that the file /etc/motd exists.
SEE ALSO
/etc/motd
AUTHOR
Jim King (pulsar) Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High '88.
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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)
When I telnet to a unix server someone put a stupid message there:
Last login: Mon Nov 15 16:59:13 from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.8 Generic Patch October 2001
YO! <-- message
Mon Nov 15 17:19:05 EST 2004
How did they do it and how can I find out who did it?
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