NAME

       update-motd - immediately update the dynamic MOTD and print it to stdout

SYNOPSIS

       update-motd [--show-only]

DESCRIPTION

       The PAM MOTD module updates the Message-of-the-Day automatically on user logins.

       But  sometimes,  the  system  administrator  may want to update the MOTD immediately or on
       demand.

       This simple program performs the same actions handled by PAM on login, and prints the  new
       MOTD to stdout.

       Note  that  only  the  system administrator can typically write to the MOTD, and thus this
       utility should be executed as the root user.

       The program also accepts the  --show-only option  to  not  update,  just  show  the  MOTD.
       Regular users can use this option to see the dynamically generated MOTD even when the root
       user  did  not  generate   it   in   advance.   The   show-motd   package   contains   the
       /etc/profile.d/update-motd.sh snipped to show MOTD in interactive shells when the PAM MOTD
       module did not show it on login.

       For best practices and additional information, please see update-motd(5).

FILES

       /etc/motd, /var/run/motd, /etc/update-motd.d

SEE ALSO

       motd(5), pam_motd(8), run-parts(8), update-motd(5)

AUTHOR

       This  manpage  and  the   update-motd   framework   was   written   by   Dustin   Kirkland
       <dustin.kirkland@gmail.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is
       granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General
       Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On  Debian  systems,  the  complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.