So here's the deal. I've created /etc/motd.tail
as suggested by Ubuntu documentation which should append STATIC content to /etc/motd
. However as well as this work, it displays the MOTD TWICE when I log on to the server via ssh.
W00t ?! Is there any way to fix this ? This does seem like a bug to me.
Thanks
Ubuntu – Motd displayed twice
12.04motdserverssh
Best Answer
For me it was two places causing motd to be displayed twice: 1) pam.d 2) sshd
~> cd /etc/pam.d ~> grep -i motd *
and then editing/etc/pam.d/sshd
(may differ from version to version so confirm with grep output) and hash out these two lines:session optional pam_motd.so motd=/run/motd.dynamic session optional pam_motd.so noupdate
My
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
also had#PrintMotd=yes
(default is yes so it was active even if it was #'d out)In the end I set
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
MOTD option toPrintMotd=no
(not removed the # and set to no to replace the default) and enabled the/etc/pam.d/sshd
motd lines so the/etc/ssh/sshd_config
optionprintlastlog=yes
will print the last login information after the pam.d motd is displayed.Pam will also use the options in
/etc/update-motd.d/
to customise the /etc/motd as well which sshd will not do as it will simply display what is already there.