Bug#735521: Bug#764841: please use pam_exec to display "dynamic" motd
[2017-03-30 17:47] Faidon Liambotis > Two years later, the situation has changed a bit. Most of the fixes in > the other packages are in. PAM was fixed to generate its contents under > /run/motd.dynamic (#743286), login dropped its pam_exec call in favor of > pam_motd (since 1:4.4-3) that Josh mentioned above, mimicking what SSH > has been doing (and what Ubuntu has been doing for a long time). > > There is really no point in shipping /etc/init.d/motd anymore. It > currently just runs "uname -snrvm > /var/run/motd.dynamic" but this is > being regenerated by both login and sshd via pam_motd anyway on every > login, so it's completely useless right now. Seems it is true; both fgetty and dropbear use only /etc/motd, they will not be affected. > [... something about system ...] What do you think, dear co-maintainers?
Bug#735521: Bug#764841: please use pam_exec to display "dynamic" motd
Hi, Two years later, the situation has changed a bit. Most of the fixes in the other packages are in. PAM was fixed to generate its contents under /run/motd.dynamic (#743286), login dropped its pam_exec call in favor of pam_motd (since 1:4.4-3) that Josh mentioned above, mimicking what SSH has been doing (and what Ubuntu has been doing for a long time). There is really no point in shipping /etc/init.d/motd anymore. It currently just runs "uname -snrvm > /var/run/motd.dynamic" but this is being regenerated by both login and sshd via pam_motd anyway on every login, so it's completely useless right now. It's also being masked by default by systemd: $ ls -l /lib/systemd/system/motd.service lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 2 10:21 /lib/systemd/system/motd.service -> /dev/null So in the majority of systems, it's not even being invoked anymore, and hasn't been since at least jessie. TL;DR: please drop /etc/init.d/motd from initscripts, it's an entirely redudant file these days. Thanks, Faidon
Bug#735521: Bug#764841: please use pam_exec to display dynamic motd
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 02:39:31PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: I don't think it's too late for jessie. It should be discussed on debian-devel, so that we can all get on the same page, and it needs agreement from the relevant maintainer about who should ship /etc/update-motd.d/00-header (whether it's base-files, or something else). I took the liberty of summarizing the situation and spawning a debian-devel thread per your advice, 20141231142036.ga16...@tty.gr / https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/12/msg00368.html. Happy new year to all :) Faidon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
