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| .\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ | .\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ | ||||
| .\" | .\" | ||||
| .\" This file is in the public domain. | .\" This file is in the public domain. | ||||
| .\" $FreeBSD$ | .\" $FreeBSD$ | ||||
| .\" | .\" | ||||
| .Dd February 13, 1997 | .Dd July 20, 2019 | ||||
| .Dt MOTD 5 | .Dt MOTD 5 | ||||
| .Os | .Os | ||||
| .Sh NAME | .Sh NAME | ||||
| .Nm motd | .Nm motd | ||||
| .Nd file containing message(s) of the day | .Nd file containing message(s) of the day | ||||
| .Sh DESCRIPTION | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||||
| The file | The file | ||||
| .Pa /etc/motd | .Pa /var/run/motd | ||||
| is normally displayed by | is normally displayed by | ||||
| .Xr login 1 | .Xr login 1 | ||||
| after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. | after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. | ||||
| It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. | It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. | ||||
| During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is | During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is | ||||
| prepended to this file. | prepended to | ||||
| .Pa /etc/motd.template | |||||
| and the contents are written to | |||||
| .Pa /var/run/motd . | |||||
| .Pp | .Pp | ||||
| Individual users may suppress the display of this file by | Individual users may suppress the display of this file by | ||||
| creating a file named | creating a file named | ||||
| .Dq Pa .hushlogin | .Dq Pa .hushlogin | ||||
| in their home directories or through | in their home directories or through | ||||
| .Xr login.conf 5 . | .Xr login.conf 5 . | ||||
| .Sh FILES | .Sh FILES | ||||
| .Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact | .Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact | ||||
| .It Pa /etc/motd | .It Pa /etc/motd.template | ||||
| The template file that system administrators can edit. | |||||
| .It Pa /var/run/motd | |||||
| The message of the day. | The message of the day. | ||||
| .It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin | .It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin | ||||
| Suppresses output of | Suppresses output of | ||||
| .Pa /etc/motd . | .Pa /var/run/motd . | ||||
| .El | .El | ||||
| .Sh EXAMPLES | .Sh EXAMPLES | ||||
| .Bd -literal | .Bd -literal | ||||
| FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996 | ||||
| /home is full. Please cleanup your directories. | /home is full. Please cleanup your directories. | ||||
| .Ed | .Ed | ||||
| .Sh SEE ALSO | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||||
| .Xr login 1 , | .Xr login 1 , | ||||
| .Xr login.conf 5 | .Xr login.conf 5 | ||||
| .Sh HISTORY | |||||
| Prior to | |||||
| .Fx 13.0 , | |||||
| .Nm | |||||
| lived in | |||||
| .Pa /etc . | |||||