1.\" $OpenBSD: motd.5,v 1.5 2000/10/26 00:37:05 aaron 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 December 28, 1994 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 is 20prepended to this file. 21.Pp 22Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named 23.Pa .hushlogin 24in their home directories. 25.Sh EXAMPLES 26.Bd -literal 27OpenBSD 1.2 (GENERIC) #3: Fri Jun 28 22:47:57 MDT 1996 28 29Make sure you have a .forward file... 30 314/17 Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday. 32.Ed 33.Sh FILES 34.Bl -tag -width /etc/motd -compact 35.It Pa /etc/motd 36.El 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr login 1 39