MOTD(5)                                             Linux Programmer's Manual                                            MOTD(5)



NAME
       motd - message of the day

DESCRIPTION
       The contents of /etc/motd are displayed by login(1) after a successful login but just before it executes the login shell.

       The  abbreviation  "motd" stands for "message of the day", and this file has been traditionally used for exactly that (it
       requires much less disk space than mail to all users).

FILES
       /etc/motd

SEE ALSO
       login(1), issue(5)

COLOPHON
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       reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux                                                      1992-12-29                                                    MOTD(5)