NAME

       issue - prelogin message and identification file

DESCRIPTION

       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 the getty-type
       program employed on the system.

FILES

       /etc/issue

SEE ALSO

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

COLOPHON

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Linux                                              1993-07-24                                           ISSUE(5)