motd(5)                       File Formats Manual                      motd(5)

NAME
       motd - message of the day

DESCRIPTION
       The contents of /etc/motd are displayed by login(1) 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).

FILES
       /etc/motd

SEE ALSO
       login(1), issue(5)

Linux man-pages 6.7               2023-10-31                           motd(5)