ISSUE
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (5)
Updated: 1993-07-24
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NAME
issue - prelogin message and identification file
DESCRIPTION
/etc/issue
is a text file which contains a message or
system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
It may contain various
@char and
\char
sequences, if supported by the
getty-type
program employed on the system.
FILES
/etc/issue
SEE ALSO
motd(5),
agetty(8),
mingetty(8)
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