sysutils/dynamic_motd 1.4
Dynamic /var/run/motd
- Repository
- FreeBSD ports
- Maintainer
- [email protected]
- License
- BSD2CLAUSE
- Categories
- sysutils
- Package size
- 6.7 KiB, 15.9 KiB installed
Description
dynamic_motd is a drop-in replacement for generating messages of the day on FreeBSD 13.0 or later. During system startup, the file /var/run/motd is replaced with a fifo whose content is generated by a user-configurable shell script that is executed on each login. All other aspects of motd(5) are preserved.
Install
As a binary package — by origin, or by package name:
pkg install sysutils/dynamic_motd
pkg install dynamic_motdFrom the ports tree:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/dynamic_motd/ && make install cleanTo depend on this port in another port's Makefile:
RUN_DEPENDS= dynamic_motd>0:sysutils/dynamic_motdPackages
The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.
| Repository | aarch64 | amd64 | armv6 | armv7 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD:14:latest | 1.4 | 1.4 | - | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| FreeBSD:14:quarterly | 1.4 | 1.4 | n/a | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| FreeBSD:15:latest | 1.4 | 1.4 | n/a | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| FreeBSD:15:quarterly | 1.4 | 1.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FreeBSD:16:latest | 1.4 | 1.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FreeBSD:16:quarterly | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dependencies
The Makefile names none itself; they come from USES and USE_*.
The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.
No port depends on this one.
Configuration
No options to configure.
- Service scripts
- none
Message after installing
The /usr/local/etc/rc.motd script is responsible for generating content for
/var/run/motd on each login. A sample script is provided in
/usr/local/etc/rc.motd.sample that emulates the default motd(5) behavior.
More extensive examples can be found in /usr/local/share/examples/dynamic_motd.
To enable the dynamic_motd service, update_motd should be disabled in
/etc/rc.conf as it is no longer needed at system startup:
# sysrc update_motd="NO"
The dynamic_motd service can then be enabled by issuing:
# sysrc dynamic_motd="YES"
# service dynamic_motd start
Note: /usr/local/etc/rc.motd can be updated without restarting the
dynamic_motd service; changes are automatically picked up on next login.
Files
pkg-plist 7
- etc/rc.d/dynamic_motd
- @sample etc/rc.motd.sample
- libexec/dynamic_motd
- share/doc/dynamic_motd/CONTRIBUTING.md
- share/doc/dynamic_motd/README.md
- share/examples/dynamic_motd/motd.subr
- share/examples/dynamic_motd/rc.motd
distinfo 1
| File | Size | SHA256 |
|---|---|---|
| sstallion-dynamic_motd-v1.4_GH0.tar.gz | 192707 | 9ab41681363b5ae94227d53733af05e8d248b01c16fb44f4d125c8161cb25381 |
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