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Linux NetKit (0.17)  

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

 

FILES

/etc/issue.net  

SEE ALSO

telnetd(8)

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