issue(5) - Linux man page
Name
issue - prelogin message and identification file
Description
The file /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 \char sequences, if supported by the getty-type program employed
on the system.
Files
/etc/issue
See Also
motd(5), agetty(8), mingetty(8)