Subject: Re: motd
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/13/2002 15:51:24
> > what=B4s the use of "motd"??? For what do i need that????
> >=20
> > P.S.: Please don=B4t just say : "man motd"
>
>I don't really understand the quesiton. the man page very clearly
>tells you why you might need it.
>
> The file /etc/motd is normally displayed by login(1) after a user has
> logged in but before the shell is run. It is generally used for impo=
r-
> tant system-wide announcements. During system startup, a line contai=
ning
> the kernel version string is prepended to this file.
>
>You might generally use it for important system-wide announcements. So
>if you have something that you want to tell all users, then /etc/motd is
>a good place to do it. Examples:
>
>"If you have data on /u1, then please clean up your files. We're running
> out of space."
>
>or:
>
>"The system will be unavailable from monday to thursday for a disk upgrade=
."
or:
"The system was down for backups from 5am to 10am last Saturday."
or:
"The system will be down for 10 days for preventative maintenance."
or:
"During the next two hours, the system will be going up and down several
times, often with lin~po_~{po ~poz~ppo\~{ o n~po_=07~{o[po ~y oodsou=
>#w4k**n~po_=07~{ol;lkld;f;g;dd;po\~{o"
or my favorite:
"Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Connection closed by remote host."
that really gets them. :)
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