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 July 20, 2019 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 /var/run/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 21.Pa /etc/motd.template 22and the contents are written to 23.Pa /var/run/motd . 24.Pp 25Individual users may suppress the display of this file by 26creating a file named 27.Dq Pa .hushlogin 28in their home directories or through 29.Xr login.conf 5 . 30.Sh FILES 31.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact 32.It Pa /etc/motd.template 33The template file that system administrators can edit. 34.It Pa /var/run/motd 35The message of the day. 36.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin 37Suppresses output of 38.Pa /var/run/motd . 39.El 40.Sh EXAMPLES 41.Bd -literal 42FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996 43 44/home is full. Please cleanup your directories. 45.Ed 46.Sh SEE ALSO 47.Xr login 1 , 48.Xr login.conf 5 49.Sh HISTORY 50Prior to 51.Fx 13.0 , 52.Nm 53lived in 54.Pa /etc . 55