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.\" 5.Dd February 13, 1997 6.Dt MOTD 5 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm motd 10.Nd file containing message(s) of the day 11.Sh DESCRIPTION 12The file 13.Pa /etc/motd 14is normally displayed by 15.Xr login 1 16after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. 17It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. 18During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is 19prepended to this file. 20.Pp 21Individual users may suppress the display of this file by 22creating a file named 23.Dq Pa .hushlogin 24in their home directories or through 25.Xr login.conf 5 . 26.Sh FILES 27.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact 28.It Pa /etc/motd 29The message of the day. 30.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin 31Suppresses output of 32.Pa /etc/motd . 33.El 34.Sh EXAMPLES 35.Bd -literal 36FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996 37 38/home is full. Please cleanup your directories. 39.Ed 40.Sh SEE ALSO 41.Xr login 1 , 42.Xr login.conf 5 43