Package: libpam-modules Version: 1.1.3-7.1 libpam-modules contains pam_motd, which should disaplay a motd and update it dynamically.
The man page states, that there is an option noupdate to disable updating the motd, otherwise it is updated. By default /etc/pam.d/sshd contains lines like session optional pam_motd.so motd=/run/motd.dynamic noupdate session optional pam_motd.so The last entry makes pam_motd.so show /etc/motd - and makes it also update a third motd file (that is not mentioned anywhere except in the source code): /var/run/motd The latter path is hardcoded here: http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/pam/1.1.1-6.1+squeeze1/update-motd Also /run/motd.dynamic is updated by a init.d script, that only writes the output of uname into it, ignoring scripts in /etc/update-motd.d, that are used by pam_motd.so to update /var/run/motd. This is not a clean design and badly documented. Therefore I propose the following changes: 1) Make the motd init script use /etc/update-motd.d and the uname command to a script there 2) Fix pam_motd.so to update the motd file given in the motd option instead of always /var/run/motd 3) Change the sshd pam config to: session optional pam_motd.so motd=/run/motd.dynamic session optional pam_motd.so noupdate -> This will first show the dynamic motd and update it if required. Then it will show /etc/motd, that can contain static contents. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
