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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)

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