Message of the day

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Every time you log in to the Unix prompt on a Stack machine, you will see some general system information, called 'message of the day' (motd). This includes general announcements of the board and system administrators, useful tips, and quotum details. Which information should be included here, can be configured by each user. You can disable all these messages - except the important sysadmin announcements. This information can be changed by editing the .motdrc file in your homedir. By default this file looks something like:

Header                  # General header
Filesystem              # Disk usage
#Accounting             # CPU usage
Actie                   # Announcements of Stack events and activities
SIS                     # Messages about the Stack Information System
Footer                  # General footer
Hint                    # General Stack usage tips

Items in this list can be disabled by adding a # add the start of the line (or enabled by removing the # character). You can test the result directly by running showmotd on the prompt.