Is there any way to update the /etc/motd file on login? The /etc/profile and /etc/profile.d/*.sh scripts are executed after the motd is already displayed on login so these methods don't work.
I want to add dynamic details about the current IP address and display it in the motd. However, I can't find a way to update the motd before it gets displayed to the user logging in.
Thanks!
I had to rethink how to approach this problem.
I was trying to use a script in /etc/profile.d to update the /etc/motd file.
This was not working because the motd is displayed on login before /etc/profile.d scripts are executed - causing motd to be displayed then silently updated by the script after the fact.
I cleared the motd file and had the /etc/profile.d script directly echo what I wanted to display on user login instead.
/etc/profileand the scripts in/etc/profile.d/. I can't reproduce what you are seeing in Alpine Linux. What I put in/etc/motdappears regardless of what is in those files.