Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 01:16:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r366822 - in head: share/man/man5 usr.bin/login Message-ID: <202010190116.09J1GeNt063353@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Mon Oct 19 01:16:39 2020 New Revision: 366822 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/366822 Log: Add more explicit instructions about updating motd Not that you can regenerate the motd by editing motd.template and running 'service motd restart' rather than rebooting. Small wordsmithing by me, and updated the example from FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 release to 12.1 release. Submitted by: Dan Mack Modified: head/share/man/man5/motd.5 head/usr.bin/login/motd.template Modified: head/share/man/man5/motd.5 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man5/motd.5 Sun Oct 18 23:58:40 2020 (r366821) +++ head/share/man/man5/motd.5 Mon Oct 19 01:16:39 2020 (r366822) @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" This file is in the public domain. .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 20, 2019 +.Dd October 18, 2020 .Dt MOTD 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ prepended to and the contents are written to .Pa /var/run/motd . .Pp +.Pa /var/run/motd +can be updated without a system reboot by manually restarting the +motd service after updating +.Pa /etc/motd.template: +.Bd -literal -offset -ident -compact +service motd restart +.Ed +.Pp Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named .Dq Pa .hushlogin @@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ Suppresses output of .El .Sh EXAMPLES .Bd -literal -FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996 +FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 2019 /home is full. Please cleanup your directories. .Ed Modified: head/usr.bin/login/motd.template ============================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/login/motd.template Sun Oct 18 23:58:40 2020 (r366821) +++ head/usr.bin/login/motd.template Mon Oct 19 01:16:39 2020 (r366822) @@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ Please include that output and any error messages when Introduction to manual pages: man man FreeBSD directory layout: man hier -Edit /etc/motd.template to change this login announcement. +To change this login announcement, see motd(5).
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