[adam@etoh ~]$ ls -l /etc/motd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 503 Oct 4 14:26 /etc/motd [adam@etoh ~]$ cp /etc/motd cp: missing destination file Try `cp --help' for more information. [adam@etoh ~]$ cp /etc/motd . [adam@etoh ~]$ ls -l motd -rw-r--r-- 1 adam users 503 Oct 30 11:08 motd [adam@etoh ~]$ diff motd /etc/motd