1.\" $OpenBSD: motd.5,v 1.8 2007/05/31 19:19:58 jmc Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" This file is in the public domain. 5.\" 6.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ 7.Dt MOTD 5 8.Os 9.Sh NAME 10.Nm motd 11.Nd message of the day 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The 14.Pa /etc/motd 15file is normally displayed by 16.Xr login 1 17after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. 18It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. 19During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string 20replaces all lines up to (but not including) the first blank line of 21this file. 22.Pp 23Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named 24.Pa .hushlogin 25in their home directories. 26.Sh FILES 27.Bl -tag -width /etc/motd -compact 28.It Pa /etc/motd 29.El 30.Sh EXAMPLES 31.Bd -literal 32OpenBSD 3.0 (GENERIC) #5: Sat Jan 26 20:13:07 MST 2002 33 34Make sure you have a .forward file... 35 364/17 Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday. 37.Ed 38.Sh SEE ALSO 39.Xr login 1 40