PAM_ISSUE(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_ISSUE(8)NAMEpam_issue - PAM module to add issue file to user prompt
SYNOPSIS
pam_issue.so [noesc] [issue=issue-file-name]
DESCRIPTIONpam_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)
OPTIONS
noesc
Turns off escape code parsing.
issue=issue-file-name
The file to output if not using the default.
MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED
Only the auth service is supported.
RETURN VALUES
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.
EXAMPLES
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
SEE ALSOpam.conf(5), pam.d(8), pam(8)AUTHORpam_issue was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
Linux-PAM Manual 06/17/2006 PAM_ISSUE(8)
