From: lws4art@gmail.com   
      
   Jonathan N. Little wrote:   
   > I have just 2 servers that display the MOTD messages twice when either   
   > logging in or when ssh in. One is running 20.04 and the other 22.04, but   
   > I have others servers that do not do this.   
   >   
   > Also comparing confs for often posted "remedies" I have found in forums:   
   >  /etc/pam.d/login, /etc/pam.d/sshd, and /etc/ssh/sshd_config and my   
   > /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/local.conf are identical for the servers that   
   > double the MOTD to those that properly only display it once. PUZZLED   
   >   
      
   I was able to replicate the *default* motd behavior on the two wayward   
   servers by editing both the /etc/pam.d/login and /etc/pam.d/sshd by   
   commented out the noupdate option as so:   
      
   # This includes a dynamically generated part from /run/motd.dynamic   
   # and a static (admin-editable) part from /etc/motd.   
   session    optional     pam_motd.so  motd=/run/motd.dynamic   
   #session    optional     pam_motd.so noupdate   
      
   The MOTD does update with each login, but now just displays once.   
   However I am unable to determine why this is necessary, since the other   
   servers require no such edit. If anyone can enlighten it would be welcomed.   
      
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   Take care,   
      
   Jonathan   
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