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.TH MOTD 5 1992-12-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
motd \- message of the day
.SH DESCRIPTION
The contents of \fI/etc/motd\fP are displayed by
.BR 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, the content of 
.I /run/motd.dynamic
is also displayed.
This file is generated by
.I /etc/init.d/motd
at boot.
.SH FILES
.I /etc/motd
.br
.I /run/motd.dynamic
.br
.I /etc/init.d/motd
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR login (1),
.BR issue (5)
.BR pam_motd(8)
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.44 of the Linux
.I man-pages
project.
A description of the project,
and information about reporting bugs,
can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.