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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,  the  content  of  /run/motd.dynamic is also displayed.  This file is generated by
       /etc/init.d/motd at boot.


FILES
       /etc/motd
       /run/motd.dynamic
       /etc/init.d/motd


SEE ALSO
       login(1), issue(5), pam_motd(8)


COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.54 of the Linux man-pages project.  A  description  of  the  project,  and
       information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.