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motd(5)                                  File Formats Manual                                 motd(5)

NAME
       motd - message of the day

DESCRIPTION
       The  contents of /etc/motd are displayed by pam_motd(8) after a successful login but just be‐
       fore 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

SEE ALSO
       login(1), issue(5)

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