[ale] Scriptable motd for initial SSH login?

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 14:02 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> I asked the question at [1], but have not had any decent answers. I
> want to setup a "motd" for a specific user such that when that user
> logs in via SSH, the motd is executed and displayed. The script should
> _only_ run when the user logs in via SSH and not via a subsequent
> login. That is, if the user starts `screen` after logging in, the motd
> should not be shown for that screen instance, nor any subsequent
> screens.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> [1] -- http://serverfault.com/questions/310596/custom-motd-for-a-specific-user-after-logging-in-via-ssh
> 

I don't think there is a solution unless you want to do some code.

you could modify pam_motd for SSH only operation and then have it read
from a file in /etc/motds/*