motd.tail(5) [linux man page]

MOTD.TAIL(5)						   Debian Administrator's Manual					      MOTD.TAIL(5)

NAME

       motd.tail - Template for building the system message of the day

DESCRIPTION

       On Debian systems, the system message of the day is rebuilt at each startup, in order to display an accurate information. /etc/motd.tail is
       the file to edit permanent changes to the message of the day.

OVERVIEW

       The initiation script /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh prepends a line containing information about the system  to  /etc/motd.tail  and  stores  the
       resulting  file in /var/run/motd. /etc/motd is a symbolic link to /var/run/motd.  This is done to prevent changes to /etc as the system can
       not assume /etc to be writable.

       Changes to /etc/motd effectively end up in a file under /var/run which will be regenerated upon reboot.

       A symbolic link to a different file, such as /etc/motd.static disables this behaviour.

FILES

       /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
	      The initiation script which builds /var/run/motd

       /etc/motd
	      Symbolic link to the system message of the day at /var/run/motd

       /etc/motd.tail
	      Template for building the system message of the day

       /var/run/motd
	      System message of the day file rebuilt at each computer start

SEE ALSO

       login(1), issue(5), motd(5).

Debian								    2007-04-28							      MOTD.TAIL(5)

imapd(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  imapd(8)

NAME

       imapd - Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) server process

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/imapd

DESCRIPTION

       The  IMAP4rev1  server,	imapd,	accepts commands on its standard input and responds on its standard output.  It is normally invoked by the
       inetd command and it reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf file.

       If you want to take the IMAP server off line for a period of time, you should notify the client systems.  To do this, create a msg/shutdown
       file,  edit it, and state the reason for the shut down.	Set the owner of the msg directory and the shutdown file to be the imap user. When
       a client system tries to access the server, imapd sends the first line contained in the shutdown file to the client and closes the  connec-
       tion.

       If  you	want  to  send a message to the IMAP clients without disabling connections, create a msg/motd file, edit it, and add your message.
       Set the owner of the msg directory and the motd file to be the imap user. The server sends the first line contained  in	the  file  to  the
       clients upon connection as an ALERT message, which IMAP-compliant clients are required to display. Access to mailboxes is unaffected.

       For debugging purposes, create a log/user directory.  When this directory exists, the imapd daemon creates protocol telemetry logs for ses-
       sions authenticating as user.  The telemetry logs are stored in the log/user directory with the file name of the imapd process id.

       The msg/shutdown and msg/motd files and the log/user directory should be created under the directory specified in the configdirectory  con-
       figuration option of the imapd.conf file. The default value is /var/imap, as in /var/imap/msg/motd.

FILES

       Configuration file for the IMAP server

SEE ALSO

       Commands: cyradm(1), deliver(8), imapd(8), imapquota(8), inetd(8), reconstruct(8)

       Files: imapd.conf(4)

       Network Administration

																	  imapd(8)