issue.net (5) - Linux Manuals
issue.net: identification file for telnet sessions
NAME
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