xfree86 man page for motd

MOTD(5) 						     Linux Programmer's Manual							   MOTD(5)

NAME
       motd - message of the day

DESCRIPTION
       The 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, dynamic content configured at /etc/pam.d/login is also displayed by pam_exec.

FILES
       /etc/motd
       /etc/pam.d/login

SEE ALSO
       login(1), issue(5), pam_motd(8)

COLOPHON
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Linux								    1992-12-29								   MOTD(5)