class motd { # http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/1915 file { "/var/run/motd": owner => "root", group => "root", mode => 0644, ensure => file, content => "This is $fqdn from the $network_name.\n", } file { "/etc/motd": owner => "root", group => "root", ensure => "/var/run/motd", require => File["/var/run/motd"], } }