motd: Displaying a Message at Login
Each time a user logs in, the message inside the /etc/motd (message of the day) file is displayed. By default, the /etc/motd file contains a single line displaying the operating system version, as follows:
more /etc/motd <cr> Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 May 2002
This message gets displayed every time a user logs in to a command-line session. It does not get displayed when the user logs in to a CDE session. See Chapter 25, “Administration and Configuration of CDE,” for information on customizing a welcome message in CDE.
The /etc/motd file is a good place to notify users of upcoming system changes or reboots. To create your own message to be displayed at login, edit the /etc/motd file using the vi ...
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