Displays text banners typically before and after login
motd [type]
A message of one of the following types:
Message displayed when the console is first loaded. This is the default.
This message my be set with the site.banner config value.
Message displayed once a user has logged in to the console.
This message may be set with the site.banner.post config value.
Default Operation
Simply display the prelogin banner:
}motd
Tip
This is the same as typing motd prelogin
Nominal Operation
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Its motd. And does what it says on the tin.
You may notice that this cmdlet is one of only two (the other one is `cmdlets\\login`_ ) that can be run without logging in. This is because motd actually has a property flag on it allowing it to be executed without an authenticated user.
<?php
//snip
class motdCmdlet extends WaccSystem\Cmdlet
{
/**
* @var bool Tells wacc that this cmdlet can be run by anonymous users
*/
const ALLOW_ANON=true;
public function configure()
{
//snip
Clearly without this flag the MoTD banner could not be shown as it is displayed before the prompt is.
See also
See `extending`_ for more information on creating cmdlets and `security`_ for the implications of anonymous access