redhat man page for motd

Query: motd

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Section: 5

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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) Linux 1992-12-29 MOTD(5)
Related Man Pages
chsh(1) - linux
login(1) - mojave
update-motd(5) - linux
motd.tail(5) - linux
pam_motd(8) - v7
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