1.\" $OpenBSD: motd.5,v 1.10 2009/05/06 19:43:16 jmc Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" This file is in the public domain. 5.\" 6.Dd $Mdocdate: May 6 2009 $ 7.Dt MOTD 5 8.Os 9.Sh NAME 10.Nm motd 11.Nd message of the day 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The 14.Pa /etc/motd 15file is 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 20replaces all lines up to (but not including) the first blank line of 21this file. 22Customised messages can be added to this file after 23that first blank line. 24.Pp 25Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named 26.Pa .hushlogin 27in their home directories. 28.Sh FILES 29.Bl -tag -width /etc/motd -compact 30.It Pa /etc/motd 31.El 32.Sh EXAMPLES 33.Bd -literal 34OpenBSD 3.0 (GENERIC) #5: Sat Jan 26 20:13:07 MST 2002 35 36Make sure you have a .forward file... 37 384/17 Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday. 39.Ed 40.Sh SEE ALSO 41.Xr login 1 42