pam_issue(8)

1PAM_ISSUE(8)                   Linux-PAM Manual                   PAM_ISSUE(8)
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NAME

6       pam_issue - PAM module to add issue file to user prompt
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SYNOPSIS

9       pam_issue.so [noesc] [issue=issue-file-name]
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DESCRIPTION

12       pam_issue is a PAM module to prepend an issue file to the username
13       prompt. It also by default parses escape codes in the issue file
14       similar to some common getty's (using \x format).
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16       Recognized escapes:
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18       \d
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21       \l
22           name of this tty
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24       \m
25           machine architecture (uname -m)
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27       \n
28           machine's network node hostname (uname -n)
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31           domain name of this system
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46           same as \u except it is suffixed with "user" or "users" (eg. "1
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OPTIONS

53       noesc
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56       issue=issue-file-name
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MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

60       Only the auth module type is provided.
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RETURN VALUES

63       PAM_BUF_ERR
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66       PAM_IGNORE
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73           The new prompt was set successfully.
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EXAMPLES

76       Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to set the user specific
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79                   auth optional pam_issue.so issue=/etc/issue
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AUTHOR

87       pam_issue was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
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91Linux-PAM                         05/07/2023                      PAM_ISSUE(8)