December 28, 1994 MOTD 5

### NAME

motd - file containing message(s) of the day

### DESCRIPTION

The file ```/etc/motd` is normally displayed by 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.

Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named `````.hushlogin`'' in their home directories.

### FILES

```/etc/motd`

### EXAMPLES

`

    NetBSD 1.0 (SUN_LAMP) #9: Sun Nov 20 22:47:57 PST 1994

    Make sure you have a .forward file...

    4/17    Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday.

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### SEE ALSO

login(1)