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Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_motd/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_motd/README | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_motd/README b/modules/pam_motd/README index cd1e27e9..375ec809 100644 --- a/modules/pam_motd/README +++ b/modules/pam_motd/README @@ -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: @@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ motd_dir=/path/dirname.d colon-separated list. By default this option is set to /etc/motd.d:/run/ motd.d:/usr/lib/motd.d. +noupdate + + Don't run the scripts in /etc/update-motd.d to refresh the motd file. + When no options are given, the default behavior applies for both options. Specifying either option (or both) will disable the default behavior for both options. |