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How to use the motd file to get Linux users to pay attention

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Sandra Henry-Stocker
Aug 30, 2017

It seems only decades ago that I was commonly sending out notices to my users by editing the /etc/motd file on the servers I managed. I would tell them about planned outages, system upgrades, new tools and who would be covering for me during my very rare vacations.
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Sandra Henry-Stocker

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