Originální popis anglicky:
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.
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).
/etc/motd
login(1),
issue(5)
