A Linux administrator needs to present a standard legal disclaimer to all users immediately after they successfully authenticate via a terminal or SSH session. The message must be displayed automatically on every login before the shell prompt appears. Which file is the most appropriate for this task?
/etc/motd
/etc/issue.net
/etc/profile
/etc/issue
The correct answer is /etc/motd. The /etc/motd (Message Of The Day) file is specifically designed to display a message to all users after a successful login but before their shell prompt is presented. The contents of /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net are displayed before the login prompt, making them suitable for pre-login warnings but not for post-authentication messages. /etc/profile is a script that is executed for login shells to configure the user's environment; while it can be used to display messages, /etc/motd is the standard and designated file for this specific purpose.
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