1.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" This file is in the public domain. 4.\" $FreeBSD$ 5.\" 6.Dd February 13, 1997 7.Dt MOTD 5 8.Os 9.Sh NAME 10.Nm motd 11.Nd file containing message(s) of the day 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The file 14.Pa /etc/motd 15is 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 23creating a file named 24.Dq Pa .hushlogin 25in their home directories or through 26.Xr login.conf 5 . 27.Sh FILES 28.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact 29.It Pa /etc/motd 30The message of the day. 31.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin 32Suppresses output of 33.Pa /etc/motd . 34.El 35.Sh EXAMPLES 36.Bd -literal 37FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996 38 39/home is full. Please cleanup your directories. 40.Ed 41.Sh SEE ALSO 42.Xr login 1 , 43.Xr login.conf 5 44