.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ .\" .\" This file is in the public domain. .\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/motd.5,v 1.4.2.1 2001/07/21 09:16:52 schweikh Exp $ .\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man5/motd.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:37:00 dillon Exp $ .\" .Dd March 17, 2009 .Dt MOTD 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm motd .Nd file containing message(s) of the day .Sh DESCRIPTION The file .Pa /etc/motd is normally displayed by .Xr login 1 after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is prepended to this file. .Pp Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named .Dq Pa .hushlogin in their home directories or through .Xr login.conf 5 . .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact .It Pa /etc/motd The message of the day. .It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin Suppresses output of .Pa /etc/motd . .El .Sh EXAMPLES .Bd -literal DragonFly 2.3-DEVELOPMENT (GENERIC) #0: Fri Mar 13 04:44:45 PST 2009 /home is full. Please cleanup your directories. .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr login 1 , .Xr login.conf 5