issue(5) File Formats Manual issue(5)
NAME
issue - prelogin message and identification file
DESCRIPTION
/etc/issue is a text file which contains a message or system identifi-
cation to be printed before the login prompt. It may contain various
@char and \char sequences, if supported by the getty-type program em-
ployed on the system.
FILES
/etc/issue
SEE ALSO
motd(5), agetty(8), mingetty(8)
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