motd printed twice

[MrTom]

everytime i login via ssh my one box prints the motd twice (and prints the last login details twice too).

which process controls this? i'd like to trace it if possible.

thanks.

 

[trunix]

On most unix flavours (not sure about linux) the motd file is read from the file /etc/profile which is executed whenever you login.

 

[MrTom]

the profile doesn't print the motd but maybe there's a similar file that is doing this.
i know that the profile is only being called once as if i echo something in there i only see it once (after the 2 motds)

 

[KenCunningham]

Is it included in your <home>/.profile too?

 

[trunix]

I managed to get access to a RedHat Linux box and the man pages have no reference to 'motd' However the man page for login suggest that it is the login binary which displays the last login.

On other unix servers which do have an motd file, this is read by /etc/profile for sh or ksh users and by /etc/cshrc bu csh users.

Maybe your login man page may help.

 

[MrTom]

found this in my sshd_config

#UseLogin no

and my /etc/pam.d/ssh prints the motd too.

i uncommented the former and restarted ssh and everything works fine now.