man issue.net (Formats) - issue.net

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' 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

FILES

/etc/issue.net

SEE ALSO

in.telnetd()