# phpman > info > issue

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NAME
       issue - prelogin message and identification file

DESCRIPTION
       /etc/issue  is a text file which contains a message or system identifi-
       cation to be printed before the login prompt.  It may  contain  various
       @char  and  \char sequences, if supported by the getty-type program em-
       ployed on the system.

FILES
       /etc/issue

SEE ALSO
       [motd(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/motd/5/markdown), [agetty(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/agetty/8/markdown), [mingetty(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mingetty/8/markdown)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of  the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
       latest    version    of    this    page,    can     be     found     at
       <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>.

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