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: src/share/man/man5/motd.5,v 1.4.2.1 2001/07/21 09:16:52 schweikh Exp $ 5.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man5/motd.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:37:00 dillon Exp $ 6.\" 7.Dd March 17, 2009 8.Dt MOTD 5 9.Os 10.Sh NAME 11.Nm motd 12.Nd file containing message(s) of the day 13.Sh DESCRIPTION 14The file 15.Pa /etc/motd 16is normally displayed by 17.Xr login 1 18after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. 19It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. 20During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is 21prepended to this file. 22.Pp 23Individual users may suppress the display of this file by 24creating a file named 25.Dq Pa .hushlogin 26in their home directories or through 27.Xr login.conf 5 . 28.Sh FILES 29.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact 30.It Pa /etc/motd 31The message of the day. 32.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin 33Suppresses output of 34.Pa /etc/motd . 35.El 36.Sh EXAMPLES 37.Bd -literal 38DragonFly 2.3-DEVELOPMENT (GENERIC) #0: Fri Mar 13 04:44:45 PST 2009 39 40/home is full. Please cleanup your directories. 41.Ed 42.Sh SEE ALSO 43.Xr login 1 , 44.Xr login.conf 5 45