pam_motd(8) [centos man page]

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.

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>.

Linux-PAM Manual						    09/19/2013							       PAM_MOTD(8)

MOTD.TAIL(5)						   Debian Administrator's Manual					      MOTD.TAIL(5)

NAME

       motd.tail - Template for building the system message of the day

DESCRIPTION

       On Debian systems, the system message of the day is rebuilt at each startup, in order to display an accurate information. /etc/motd.tail is
       the file to edit permanent changes to the message of the day.

OVERVIEW

       The initiation script /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh prepends a line containing information about the system  to  /etc/motd.tail  and  stores  the
       resulting  file in /var/run/motd. /etc/motd is a symbolic link to /var/run/motd.  This is done to prevent changes to /etc as the system can
       not assume /etc to be writable.

       Changes to /etc/motd effectively end up in a file under /var/run which will be regenerated upon reboot.

       A symbolic link to a different file, such as /etc/motd.static disables this behaviour.

FILES

       /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
	      The initiation script which builds /var/run/motd

       /etc/motd
	      Symbolic link to the system message of the day at /var/run/motd

       /etc/motd.tail
	      Template for building the system message of the day

       /var/run/motd
	      System message of the day file rebuilt at each computer start

SEE ALSO

       login(1), issue(5), motd(5).

Debian								    2007-04-28							      MOTD.TAIL(5)