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186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\"	$NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $
286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\"
386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" This file is in the public domain.
486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/motd.5,v 1.4.2.1 2001/07/21 09:16:52 schweikh Exp $
586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man5/motd.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:37:00 dillon Exp $
686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\"
786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dd March 17, 2009
886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dt MOTD 5
986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Os
1086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh NAME
1186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm motd
1286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nd file containing message(s) of the day
1386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION
1486d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe file
1586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pa /etc/motd
1686d7f5d3SJohn Marinois normally displayed by
1786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr login 1
1886d7f5d3SJohn Marinoafter a user has logged in but before the shell is run.
1986d7f5d3SJohn MarinoIt is generally used for important system-wide announcements.
2086d7f5d3SJohn MarinoDuring system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is
2186d7f5d3SJohn Marinoprepended to this file.
2286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp
2386d7f5d3SJohn MarinoIndividual users may suppress the display of this file by
2486d7f5d3SJohn Marinocreating a file named
2586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dq Pa .hushlogin
2686d7f5d3SJohn Marinoin their home directories or through
2786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr login.conf 5 .
2886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh FILES
2986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact
3086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.It Pa /etc/motd
3186d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe message of the day.
3286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin
3386d7f5d3SJohn MarinoSuppresses output of
3486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pa /etc/motd .
3586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.El
3686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh EXAMPLES
3786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Bd -literal
3886d7f5d3SJohn MarinoDragonFly 2.3-DEVELOPMENT (GENERIC) #0: Fri Mar 13 04:44:45 PST 2009
3986d7f5d3SJohn Marino
4086d7f5d3SJohn Marino/home is full.  Please cleanup your directories.
4186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Ed
4286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO
4386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr login 1 ,
4486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr login.conf 5
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