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# Motd

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motd (Message of the day). The contents of `/etc/motd` are displayed by `login(1)` after a successful login but just before it executes the login shell.

It is a good place to display your Terms of Service to remind users of your local policies or anything you wish to tell them. A sample script that can be used to create `/etc/motd`:

    #!/bin/bash
    #define the filename to use as output
    motd="/etc/motd"
    # Collect useful information about your system
    # $USER is automatically defined
    HOSTNAME=`uname -n`
    KERNEL=`uname -r`
    CPU=`uname -p`
    ARCH=`uname -m`
    # The different colours as variables
    W="\033[01;37m"
    B="\033[01;34m"
    R="\033[01;31m"
    X="\033[00;37m"
    clear > $motd # to clear the screen when showing up
    echo -e "$R#=============================================================================#" >> $motd
    echo -e "	$W Welcome $B $USER $W to $B $HOSTNAME                " >> $motd
    echo -e "	$R ARCH   $W= $ARCH                                   " >> $motd
    echo -e "	$R KERNEL $W= $KERNEL                                 " >> $motd
    echo -e "	$R CPU    $W= $CPU                                    " >> $motd
    echo -e "$R#=============================================================================#" >> $motd
    echo -e "$X" >> $motd

Category:

- System administration