ISSUE (5) manpage
ISSUE
5
1993-07-24
Linux
Linux Programmer's Manual
NAME
issue - pre-login 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
mingetty(1)
.
FILES
/etc/issue
SEE ALSO
mingetty(1)
,
motd(5)