<!-- Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> --> <sect1>Output the motd file <sect2>Synopsis <p> <descrip> <tag><bf>Module Name:</bf></tag> <tt/pam_motd/ <tag><bf>Author:</bf></tag> Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> <tag><bf>Maintainer:</bf></tag> Author <tag><bf>Management groups provided:</bf></tag> Session (open) <tag><bf>Cryptographically sensitive:</bf></tag> <tag><bf>Security rating:</bf></tag> <tag><bf>Clean code base:</bf></tag> <tag><bf>System dependencies:</bf></tag> <tag><bf>Network aware:</bf></tag> </descrip> <sect2>Overview of module <p> This module outputs the motd file (<em>/etc/motd</em> by default) upon successful login. <sect2>Session component <p> <descrip> <tag><bf>Recognized arguments:</bf></tag> <tt/debug/; <tt/motd=motd-file-name/; <tag><bf>Description:</bf></tag> This module allows you to have arbitrary motd's (message of the day) output after a succesful login. By default this file is <em>/etc/motd</em>, but is configurable to any file. <p> The behavior of this module can be modified with one of the following flags: <p> <itemize> <item><tt/motd/ - the file to output if not using the default. </itemize> <tag><bf>Examples/suggested usage:</bf></tag> login session pam_motd.so motd=/etc/motd </descrip> <!-- End of sgml insert for this module. -->