1 .\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $
3 .\" This file is in the public domain.
11 .Nd file containing message(s) of the day
15 is normally displayed by
17 after a user has logged in but before the shell is run.
18 It is generally used for important system-wide announcements.
19 During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is
21 .Pa /etc/motd.template
22 and the contents are written to
26 can be updated without a system reboot by manually restarting the
27 motd service after updating
28 .Pa /etc/motd.template:
29 .Bd -literal -offset -ident -compact
33 Individual users may suppress the display of this file by
36 in their home directories or through
39 .Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact
40 .It Pa /etc/motd.template
41 The template file that system administrators can edit.
43 The message of the day.
44 .It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin
50 FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 2019
52 /home is full. Please cleanup your directories.