MOTD for Raspberry Pi OS

A custom message of the day (MOTD) for Raspberry Pi OS.

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Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Screenshots
• Highlights
• Installation
  • One-Step Automated Install
• Alternative Install Method
  • Clone our Repository and Run
• Post-Install
• Roadmap
• Contributing
  • Contributors
• Inspired By
• Changelog
• License

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Highlights

• Written in pure Bash.
• There is no need to install any packages.
• Tested with Arch Linux ARM and Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian) distributions.

The information displayed are:

• Date and Time
• Disk Space
• DNS Servers
• Hostname
• LAN IP
• Last Login
• Load Average
• Logged Users
• Memory
• Running Processes
• Temperature
• Uptime
• WAN IP
• Welcome Message

Installation

One-Step Automated Install

Those who want to get started quickly and conveniently may install using the following command:

$ curl -sSL https://git.io/install-raspberrypi-motd | bash

Alternative Install Method

Clone our Repository and Run

Those who wish to review the code before installation may install using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/demartini/raspberrypi-motd.git
$ sudo bash raspberrypi-motd/install/install.sh

Post-Install

Follow the steps to complete the installation:

Remove the last login information disabling the PrintLastLog option from the sshd service editing the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file:

$ sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Uncomment and change the following line from:

#PrintLastLog yes

to

PrintLastLog no

Then restart the sshd service:

$ sudo systemctl restart sshd

Roadmap

See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).

Contributing

If you are interested in helping contribute, please take a look at our Contributing guide.

Contributors

Inspired By

• gagle/raspberrypi-motd
• Stuzer05/raspberrypi-motd
• UncleInf/raspberrypi-motd

Changelog

See Changelog for a human-readable history of changes.

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.