parav...@debian.org wrote: > >- pam_motd provides a facility (via a custom patch, brought over by > Ubuntu) that run-parts /etc/update-motd.d. The directory exists in > Ubuntu (along with default scripts that set Ubuntu's motd) but not in > Debian, although https://wiki.debian.org/motd documents it. > > Moreover, this is broken in jessie right now (#743286) as pam_motd > writes the run-parts output to (/var)/run/motd but nothing ever reads > that. Ubuntu's pam_motd is patching this to be /run/motd.dynamic which > is in accordance with sshd's pam configuration (and in Ubuntu, > login's).
AFAICS there remain silly unfixed bugs in the Ubuntu setup too, which I've reported and never seen any progress on - see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/684244 If you want to take this stuff into Debian too, please get that stuff sorted out. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code is in use on a military site..." -- Simon Booth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e1yej1q-0005ny...@mail.einval.com
