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 December 28, 1994 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. 25.Sh FILES 26.Bl -tag -width /etc/motd -compact 27.It Pa /etc/motd 28.El 29.Sh EXAMPLES 30.Bd -literal 31NetBSD 1.0 (SUN_LAMP) #9: Sun Nov 20 22:47:57 PST 1994 32 33Make sure you have a .forward file... 34 354/17 Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday. 36.Ed 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr login 1 39