issue(F)                        19 June 1992                        issue(F)


 Name

    issue - issue identification file

 Description

    The file /etc/issue contains the issue or project identification to be
    printed as a login prompt.  This is an ASCII file which is read by the
    getty program and then written to any terminal spawned or respawned from
    the /etc/inittab file.

 File

    /etc/issue

 See also

    login(M), init(M), ct(C), inittab(F)