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Old 12th July 2018
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Default Different motd depending on how I login (e.g. Console vs ssh)?

/etc/login.conf only seems to differentiate between login classes, but I'd like to set up a different motd for the same user depending on where he logs in. I know I can set up an if-statement in ~/.profile that checks $TERM. Is there a way to achieve this system-side?
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login.conf(5) lists a series of program entries: approve, approve-service, classify, passwordcheck, and shell. You may be able to develop and deploy a programmatic solution using one of these.
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Thank you for the pointer, jggimi. Much appreciated! I'll look into it and see if I can figure sth. out. Although, I may have to get back to the topic with more questions.

Will report back either way.
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Sometimes the solution is easier than it seems.

Instead of trying to write a classification script to be used with login.conf where I'm not exactly sure I would've really known what I'm doing, I stumbled across a much easier solution by modifying two lines in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
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PrintMotd no
Banner /etc/ssh.motd
The first line suppresses the regular system motd while the second contains a path to a different motd file that gets displayed instead.

Now the same user sees /etc/motd when logging in on the console and /etc/ssh.motd when logging in through ssh. Problem solved.

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