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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 is
shown. The message size is limited to 64KB.

OPTIONS

motd=/path/filename

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

EXAMPLES

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

session  optional  pam_motd.so  motd=/etc/motd


AUTHOR

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