issue(4)

issue -- issue identification file

Description

The file /etc/issue contains the issue or project identification to be printed before a login prompt. The port monitor, ttymon(1M), (or the obsolete program getty(1M)) interprets issue and writes the contents to the terminal. The following replaceable tokens, denoted by the use of the ``%'' character, may be used:

%m: machine name (same as uname -m)
%n: node name (same as uname -n)
%r: release name (same as uname -r)
%s: system name (same as uname -s)
%v: version name (same as uname -v)
%%: produces a ``%'' character

Files

/etc/issue

References

getty(1M), login(1), ttymon(1M), uname(1)

Examples

An issue file might contain the following:

   This is system %n,
   running UNIX System V Release %r Version %v

If the system's name were cloud, the release 4.2 and the version 1, a user would see the following before being prompted for a login:

   This is system cloud,
   running UNIX System V Release 4.2 Version 1