63 lines
1.4 KiB
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63 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $
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.\"
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.\" This file is in the public domain.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd October 18, 2020
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.Dt MOTD 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm motd
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.Nd file containing message(s) of the day
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The file
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.Pa /var/run/motd
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is normally displayed by
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.Xr login 1
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after a user has logged in but before the shell is run.
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It is generally used for important system-wide announcements.
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During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is
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prepended to
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.Pa /etc/motd.template
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and the contents are written to
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.Pa /var/run/motd .
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.Pp
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.Pa /var/run/motd
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can be updated without a system reboot by manually restarting the
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motd service after updating
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.Pa /etc/motd.template :
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.Bd -literal -offset -ident -compact
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service motd restart
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Individual users may suppress the display of this file by
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creating a file named
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.Dq Pa .hushlogin
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in their home directories or through
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.Xr login.conf 5 .
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact
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.It Pa /etc/motd.template
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The template file that system administrators can edit.
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.It Pa /var/run/motd
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The message of the day.
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.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin
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Suppresses output of
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.Pa /var/run/motd .
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal
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FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 2019
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/home is full. Please cleanup your directories.
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr login 1 ,
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.Xr login.conf 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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Prior to
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.Fx 13.0 ,
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.Nm
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lived in
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.Pa /etc .
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