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pam/SOURCES/pam-1.3.1-motd-manpage.patch

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diff -up Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8.xml.motd-manpage Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8.xml
--- Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8.xml.motd-manpage 2018-05-18 11:50:46.000000000 +0200
+++ Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8.xml 2019-12-19 10:29:36.243558251 +0100
@@ -31,10 +31,19 @@
<para>
pam_motd is a PAM module that can be used to display
arbitrary motd (message of the day) files after a successful
- login. By default the <filename>/etc/motd</filename> file is
+ login. By default the <filename>/etc/motd</filename> file and
+ all files from <filename>/etc/motd.d</filename> are
shown. The message size is limited to 64KB.
</para>
-
+ <para>
+ To silence a message,
+ a symbolic link with target <filename>/dev/null</filename>
+ may be placed in <filename>/etc/motd.d</filename> with
+ the same filename as the message to be silenced. Example:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <command>ln -sfn /dev/null /etc/motd.d/my_motd</command>
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="pam_motd-options">