ISSUE(5) Linux Programmer's Manual ISSUE(5)

issue - pre-login message and identification file

The 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 getty(1).

/etc/issue

getty(1), motd(5)

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