pam_issue 8 Linux-PAM Manual pam_issue PAM module to add issue file to user prompt pam_issue.so noesc issue=issue-file-name pam_issue is a PAM module to prepend an issue file to the username prompt. It also by default parses escape codes in the issue file similar to some common getty's (using \x format). Recognized escapes: \d current day \l name of this tty \m machine architecture (uname -m) \n machine's network node hostname (uname -n) \o domain name of this system \r release number of operating system (uname -r) \t current time \s operating system name (uname -s) \u number of users currently logged in \U same as \u except it is suffixed with "user" or "users" (eg. "1 user" or "10 users") \v operating system version and build date (uname -v) noesc Turns off escape code parsing. issue=issue-file-name The file to output if not using the default. Only the auth service is supported. PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error. PAM_IGNORE The prompt was already changed. PAM_SERVICE_ERR A service module error occured. PAM_SUCCESS The new prompt was set successfull. Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to set the user specific issue at login: auth optional pam_issue.so issue=/etc/issue pam.conf5 , pam.d8 , pam8 pam_issue was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.