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authorSteve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>2019-02-11 16:13:42 -0800
committerSteve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>2019-02-12 06:07:57 +0000
commit668b13da8f830c38388cecac45539972e80cb246 (patch)
treeba3a4e02ed5ec62fe645dfa810c01d26decf591f /modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8
parentf00afb1ef201b2eef7f9ddbe5a0c6ca802cf49bb (diff)
parent3b77a78d575b8ab56bb0e828499df328d55c925f (diff)
New upstream version 1.3.1
Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8')
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.854
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8 b/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8
index d63f54fb..21c2ed76 100644
--- a/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8
+++ b/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: pam_motd
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 04/01/2016
+.\" Date: 05/18/2018
.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "PAM_MOTD" "8" "04/01/2016" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
+.TH "PAM_MOTD" "8" "05/18/2018" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ The
/path/filename
file is displayed as message of the day\&.
.RE
+.PP
+\fBmotd_dir=\fR\fB\fI/path/dirname\&.d\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+The
+/path/dirname\&.d
+directory is scanned and each file contained inside of it is displayed\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+When no options are given, the default is to display both
+/etc/motd
+and the contents of
+/etc/motd\&.d\&. Specifying either option (or both) will disable this default behavior\&.
.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED"
.PP
Only the
@@ -66,7 +78,39 @@ is:
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
-session optional pam_motd\&.so motd=/etc/motd
+session optional pam_motd\&.so
+
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.PP
+To use a
+motd
+file from a different location:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+session optional pam_motd\&.so motd=/elsewhere/motd
+
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.PP
+To use a
+motd
+file from elsewhere, along with a corresponding
+\&.d
+directory:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+session optional pam_motd\&.so motd=/elsewhere/motd motd_dir=/elsewhere/motd\&.d
.fi
.if n \{\
@@ -82,3 +126,7 @@ session optional pam_motd\&.so motd=/etc/motd
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian\&.org>\&.
+.PP
+The
+\fBmotd_dir=\fR
+option was added by Allison Karlitskaya <allison\&.karlitskaya@redhat\&.com>\&.