Manpages - issue.5

issue - prelogin message and identification file

/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.

/etc/issue

*motd*(5), *agetty*(8), *mingetty*(8)

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