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authorSteve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>2022-08-16 22:06:15 -0700
committerSteve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>2022-08-16 22:06:15 -0700
commit99d0d1c5c4f07332daa86e73981267a761bc966e (patch)
treea56fe41110023676d7082028cbaa47ca4b6e6164 /modules/pam_motd/README
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parent40f7d85f3736d058c26de1dafa4fed46de7d75ef (diff)
New upstream version 1.5.2
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@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ Similar overriding behavior applies to the directories. Files in /etc/motd.d/
override files with the same name in /run/motd.d/ and /usr/lib/motd.d/. Files
in /run/motd.d/ override files with the same name in /usr/lib/motd.d/.
-Files the in the directories listed above are displayed in lexicographic order
-by name.
+Files in the directories listed above are displayed in lexicographic order by
+name. Moreover, the files are filtered by reading them with the credentials of
+the target user authenticating on the system.
To silence a message, a symbolic link with target /dev/null may be placed in /
etc/motd.d with the same filename as the message to be silenced. Example: