issue(5) — Linux manual page

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
       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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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-06-15                       issue(5)

Pages that refer to this page: motd(5), systemd.system-credentials(7)

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