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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 \echar sequences, if supported by the getty -typeprogram employed on the system.

Files

/etc/issue

See Also

  1. motd(5),
  2. agetty(8),
  3. mingetty(8)

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