NAME

issue − issue identification file

DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/issue contains the issue or project identification to be printed as a login prompt.  issue is an ASCII file that is read by the programs getty and ttymon and then written to any terminal spawned or respawned from the lines file. 

BUGS

A port-monitor ttymon cannot block waiting for a write.  When writing the /etc/issue file and the login prompt, ttymon must write in non-blocking mode.  If the non-blocking writes inundate the tty device, the port-monitor ttymon will not output all of the /etc/issue file; the login prompt may also be lost.  An effective workaround is to use a standalone (getty) mode ttymon.  Since a standalone ttymon uses blocking writes, it is unaffected by the above problem. 

FILES

/etc/issue

SEE ALSO

getty(1M), ttymon(1M).