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MOTD(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual MOTD(5)

motd
file containing message(s) of the day

The file /var/run/motd is normally displayed by login(1) after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is prepended to /etc/motd.template and the contents are written to /var/run/motd.

/var/run/motd can be updated without a system reboot by manually restarting the motd service after updating /etc/motd.template:

service motd restart

Individual users may suppress the display of this file by creating a file named “.hushlogin” in their home directories or through login.conf(5).

/etc/motd.template
The template file that system administrators can edit.
/var/run/motd
The message of the day.
$HOME/.hushlogin
Suppresses output of /var/run/motd.

FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 2019

/home is full.  Please cleanup your directories.

login(1), login.conf(5)

Prior to FreeBSD 13.0, motd lived in /etc.
October 18, 2020 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE

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