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
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