This tool displays useful system information after logging into a Linux system, such as version, CPU information, memory, disk information, number of updates, ...

Modern:

Blue:

Red:

Gray:

Original:

Production ready.

Please check https://outsideit.net/FireMotD for more information on how to use this plugin.

In case you find a bug or have a feature request, please make an issue on GitHub.

sudo yum install openssh-clients bc sysstat

sudo apt-get install bc sysstat

$ FireMotD --help
FireMotD v5.13.160630

Usage: 
 FireMotD [-v] -t <Theme Name> 
 FireMotD [-v] -C ['String']
 FireMotD [-vUhVs]

Options:
 -h | --help               Shows this help and exits
 -v | --verbose            Verbose mode (shows messages)
 -V | --version            Shows version information and exits
 -t | --theme <Theme Name> Shows Motd info on screen, based on the chosen theme
 -C | --colortest          Prints color test to screen
 -M | --colormap           Prints color test to screen, with color numbers in it
 -U | --updates            Checks for system updates and prints count to stdout
 -S | --saveupdates        Checks for system updates and saves count to disk
                           same as [ FireMotD -U > /var/tmp/updatecount.txt ]

256-color themes:
 original
 modern
 gray
 orange

16-color themes:
 red
 blue
 clean

HTML theme:
 html

Examples:
 FireMotD -t original
 FireMotD -t html > /tmp/motd.html
 FireMotD --theme Modern
 FireMotD --colortest
 FireMotD -M
 sudo /usr/local/bin/FireMotD --saveupdates

Note:
 Some functionalities may require superuser privileges. Eg. check for updates.
 If you have problems, try something like:
 sudo /home/tavinus/FireMotD/FireMotD -S

You need to have make installed on the system, if you want to use the Makefile.

sudo make install

With this you can probably run FireMotD from anywhere in your system. If not, you need to add /usr/local/bin to your $PATH variable. To adjust the installation path, change the var IDIR=/usr/local/bin in the Makefile to the path you want.

sudo make bash_completion

With this you can use TAB to autocomplete parameters and options with FireMotD. Does not require the sudo make install above (system install), but requires the bash-completion package to be installed and working. Then you should logout-login or source the bash completion file, eg. $ . /etc/bash_completion.d/FireMotD

If you don't have root access, just install everything on your user's folder and source the file from your user's .profile file

This is an example on how to record the system update package count daily.
This will update the file /var/tmp/updatecount.txt for later access.
Root privilege is required for this operation.

sudo crontab -e

# FireMotD system updates check (randomly execute between 0:00:00 and 5:59:59)
0 0 * * * root perl -e 'sleep int(rand(21600))' && /usr/local/bin/FireMotD -S &>/dev/null

On systems with apt (Debian, Ubuntu, ...) add the following configuration lines to refresh the updates count after an apt action (install, remove, ...) was performed.

Create the apt configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15firemotd containing:

DPkg::Post-Invoke {
  "if [ -x /usr/local/bin/FireMotD ]; then echo -n 'Updating FireMotD available updates count ... '; /usr/local/bin/FireMotD -S; echo ''; fi";
};

Choosing where to run your script is kind of situational. Some files will only run on remote logins, other local logins, or even both. You should find out what suits best your needs on each case.

Edit the user's ~/.profile file, ~/.bash_profile file, or the ~/.bashrc file

nano ~/.profile

Add the FireMotD call at the end of the file (choose your theme)

/usr/local/bin/FireMotD -t red

You may call FireMotD from a few different locations for running globally.
Eg. /etc/bash.bashrc, /etc/profile.

You may also create a initialization script init.sh which will call the FireMotD script in /etc/profile.d when logging in. You can put whatever you like in this init.sh script. Everything in it will be executed at the moment someone logs in your system. Example:

#!/bin/bash
 
/usr/local/bin/FireMotD --Theme Red

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Utilities/FireMotD/details

This program is free software: 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. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.