RaspberryPi MOTD - Fork

This is a fork of a motd script
→ All credit to Gagle

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Whats New?

• Removed frame around the motd (I didn't like it)
• Fixed Italian Language Error that was showing Days and Months lowercase
• Fixed Installation Tutorial (the previously one broke the system)
• 🔥 Added One Line Command for Installation and Update

Before - Old Version

After - New Version

Message of the Day Raspberry Pi

• Written in pure Bash.
• No need to install any package.
• Tested with the Arch Linux ARM and Raspbian distributions.

Installation

One line installation! Do this at your own risk. Read all before doing this

bash <(curl -Ss https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marshallmyth/raspberrypi-motd/master/motdinstall.sh)

Update

One line update!

bash <(curl -Ss https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marshallmyth/raspberrypi-motd/master/motdupdate.sh)

Manual Installation

The following steps may vary depending on the OS. Arch Linux ARM is assumed.

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Download and save the motd.sh bash script in the Raspberry Pi.

git clone https://github.com/marshallmyth/raspberrypi-motd
cd raspberrypi-motd

Add execution permissions and change the owner

sudo chown root:root motd.sh
sudo chmod +x motd.sh

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Remove the default MOTD
It is located in /etc/motd.

sudo rm /etc/motd

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Autoexecute the script when the user logs in
There are multiple locations from where you can start the motd.sh script. In this tutorial we are linking it in /home/pi/.profile

Save the motd.sh script in the directory /etc/motd

sudo cp raspberrypi-motd/motd.sh /etc/motd/motd.sh

and link /etc/motd/motd.sh at the end of /home/pi/.profile, so it will be executed after login.
To automatically link use this command:

sudo echo "/etc/motd/motd.sh" >> /home/pi/.profile

otherwise add it manually at the end of the file.

sudo nano /home/pi/.profile

More about autostarting scripts.

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Remove the "last login" information and disable the PrintLastLog option from the sshd service.

To automatically remove and disable PrintLastLog use this command:

sudo sed -i "s/#PrintLastLog .*/PrintLastLog no/1" /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Otherwise edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and uncomment the line #PrintLastLog yes:

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Before:

#PrintLastLog yes

After:

PrintLastLog no

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Restart the sshd service:

sudo systemctl restart sshd

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Note: If you don't see the degree Celsius character correctly (º) make sure you have enabled a UTF8 locale (Arch Linux locales).