[ale] Scriptable motd for initial SSH login?

[Michael H. Warfield]

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

Anything wrong with sticking it in their (or the default) sshrc file?

~/.ssh/rc

or

/etc/ssh/sshrc

Either should work and you could customize the system wide one to do
something different for each user.  Has the advantage that it's not in
the users directory and it's not something they can tamper with.

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> James Sumners
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> 
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Regards,
Mike
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