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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