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ISSUE.NET(5) File Formats Manual ISSUE.NET(5)

issue.netidentification file for telnet sessions

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' sequences. The following sequences are supported by telnetd:

%t
- show the current tty
%h
- show the system node name (FQDN)
%D
- show the name of the NIS domain
%d
- 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

/etc/issue.net

in.telnetd(8)

May 22, 1994 Linux NetKit (0.17)