16.95. cdist-type__motd(7)¶
16.95.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__motd - Manage message of the day
16.95.2. DESCRIPTION¶
This cdist type allows you to easily setup /etc/motd.
Note
In some OS, motd is a bit special, check motd(5). Currently Debian, Devuan, Ubuntu and FreeBSD are taken into account. If your OS of choice does something besides /etc/motd, check the source and contribute support for it. Otherwise it will likely just work.
16.95.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶
None.
16.95.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶
- source
If supplied, copy this file from the host running cdist to the target. If source is '-' (dash), take what was written to stdin as the file content. If not supplied, a default message will be placed onto the target.
16.95.5. EXAMPLES¶
# Use cdist defaults
__motd
# Supply source file from a different type
__motd --source "$__type/files/my-motd"
# Supply source from stdin
__motd --source "-" <<EOF
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream
EOF
16.95.7. COPYING¶
Copyright (C) 2020 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.