issue.net (5) Linux Manual Page

issue.net – identification file for telnet sessions

Description

The file /etc/issue.net is a text file which contains a message or system identification to be printed before the login prompt of a telnet session. It may contain various `%-char’ (or, alternatively, ‘\-char’) sequences. The following sequences are supported by telnetd

%l

– show the current tty

%h, %n

– show the system node name (FQDN)

%D, %o

– show the name of the NIS domain

%d, %t

– show the current time and date

%s

– show the name of the operating system

%m

– show the machine (hardware) type

%r

– show the operating system release

%v

– show the operating system version

%%

– display a single ‘%’ character

Files

/etc/issue.net

See Also

telnetd(8)