18c21e889SMike Pritchard.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ 28c21e889SMike Pritchard.\" 38c21e889SMike Pritchard.\" This file is in the public domain. 48c21e889SMike Pritchard.\" 58c21e889SMike Pritchard.Dd February 13, 1997 68c21e889SMike Pritchard.Dt MOTD 5 78c21e889SMike Pritchard.Os 88c21e889SMike Pritchard.Sh NAME 98c21e889SMike Pritchard.Nm motd 108c21e889SMike Pritchard.Nd file containing message(s) of the day 118c21e889SMike Pritchard.Sh DESCRIPTION 128c21e889SMike PritchardThe file 138c21e889SMike Pritchard.Pa /etc/motd 148c21e889SMike Pritchardis normally displayed by 158c21e889SMike Pritchard.Xr login 1 168c21e889SMike Pritchardafter a user has logged in but before the shell is run. 178c21e889SMike PritchardIt is generally used for important system-wide announcements. 188c21e889SMike PritchardDuring system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is 198c21e889SMike Pritchardprepended to this file. 208c21e889SMike Pritchard.Pp 218c21e889SMike PritchardIndividual users may suppress the display of this file by 228c21e889SMike Pritchardcreating a file named 238c21e889SMike Pritchard.Dq Pa .hushlogin 246ee19f66STim Vanderhoekin their home directories or through 256ee19f66STim Vanderhoek.Xr login.conf 5 . 268c21e889SMike Pritchard.Sh FILES 278c21e889SMike Pritchard.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact 288c21e889SMike Pritchard.It Pa /etc/motd 298c21e889SMike PritchardThe message of the day. 308c21e889SMike Pritchard.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin 318c21e889SMike PritchardSuppresses output of 328c21e889SMike Pritchard.Pa /etc/motd . 338c21e889SMike Pritchard.El 348c21e889SMike Pritchard.Sh EXAMPLES 358c21e889SMike Pritchard.Bd -literal 368c21e889SMike PritchardFreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996 378c21e889SMike Pritchard 388c21e889SMike Pritchard/home is full. Please cleanup your directories. 398c21e889SMike Pritchard.Ed 408c21e889SMike Pritchard.Sh SEE ALSO 416ee19f66STim Vanderhoek.Xr login 1 , 426ee19f66STim Vanderhoek.Xr login.conf 5 43