Query: motd
OS: debian
Section: 5
Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar
MOTD(5) Linux Programmer's Manual MOTD(5)NAMEmotd - message of the dayDESCRIPTIONThe contents of /etc/motd are displayed by pam_motd(8) 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). On Debian GNU/Linux, the content of /run/motd.dynamic is also displayed. This file is generated by /etc/init.d/motd at boot.FILES/etc/motd /run/motd.dynamic /etc/init.d/motdSEE ALSOlogin(1), issue(5) pam_motd(8)COLOPHONThis page is part of release 3.44 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. Linux 1992-12-29 MOTD(5)
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