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
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Referenced By
1993-07-24 Linux Programmer's Manual