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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).

       On Debian GNU/Linux this file is a symbolic link pointing to  /var/run.
       The  contents of this file are regenerated upon every system boot based
       on the contents of /etc/motd.tail.

FILES
       /etc/motd
       /etc/motd.tail

SEE ALSO
       login(1), motd.tail(5), issue(5)

COLOPHON
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Linux				  1992-12-29			       MOTD(5)