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 $
4 .\" This file is in the public domain.
6 .Dd $Mdocdate: May 6 2009 $
11 .Nd message of the day
15 file is normally displayed by
17 after a user has logged in but before the shell is run.
18 It is generally used for important system-wide announcements.
19 During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string
20 replaces all lines up to (but not including) the first blank line of
22 Customised messages can be added to this file after
23 that first blank line.
25 Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named
27 in their home directories.
29 .Bl -tag -width /etc/motd -compact
34 OpenBSD 3.0 (GENERIC) #5: Sat Jan 26 20:13:07 MST 2002
36 Make sure you have a .forward file...
38 4/17 Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday.