redhat man page for issue

ISSUE(5)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  ISSUE(5)

NAME
       issue - pre-login 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 getty(1).

FILES
       /etc/issue

SEE ALSO
       getty(1), motd(5)

Linux								    1993-07-24								  ISSUE(5)