NAME

       cdist-type__motd - Manage message of the day

DESCRIPTION

       This cdist type allows you to easily setup /etc/motd.

       NOTE:
          In some OS, motd is a bit special, check motd(5).  Currently Debian, Devuan, Ubuntu and
          FreeBSD are taken into account.  If your OS of choice does something besides /etc/motd,
          check the source and contribute support for it.  Otherwise it will likely just work.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       None.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       source If  supplied,  copy this file from the host running cdist to the target.  If source
              is '-' (dash), take what was  written  to  stdin  as  the  file  content.   If  not
              supplied, a default message will be placed onto the target.

EXAMPLES

          # Use cdist defaults
          __motd

          # Supply source file from a different type
          __motd --source "$__type/files/my-motd"

          # Supply source from stdin
          __motd --source "-" <<EOF
          Take this kiss upon the brow!
          And, in parting from you now,
          Thus much let me avow-
          You are not wrong, who deem
          That my days have been a dream
          EOF

AUTHORS

       Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>

COPYING

       Copyright  (C)  2020  Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
       terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the  Free  Software  Foundation,
       either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2021