{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Tech N Comp","provider_url":"http:\/\/mattdturner.com\/wordpress","author_name":"Admin","author_url":"http:\/\/mattdturner.com\/wordpress\/author\/Admin\/","title":"\/etc\/motd Formatting - Tech N Comp","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PECeXoUnBi\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mattdturner.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/etcmotd-formatting\/\">\/etc\/motd Formatting<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/mattdturner.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/etcmotd-formatting\/embed\/#?secret=PECeXoUnBi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;\/etc\/motd Formatting&#8221; &#8212; Tech N Comp\" data-secret=\"PECeXoUnBi\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/mattdturner.com\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"It is good practice to announce server maintenance dates and scheduled downtime dates many days prior to the actual downtime. The easiest way to ensure that all users become aware of the scheduled downtime is to place an alert in \/etc\/motd. For those of you that don\u2019t know, \/etc\/motd is the file that gets printed [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6VSZK_sHdO4\/TatqGaXAHuI\/AAAAAAAAACQ\/DTb7m4xxVRM\/s400\/maintenance.gif"}