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PAM_ISSUE
Section: Linux-PAM Manual (8) Updated: 02/02/2026 Index
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NAME
pam_issue - PAM module to add issue file to user prompt
SYNOPSIS
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pam_issue.so [noesc] [issue=issue-file-name]
DESCRIPTION
pam_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 TYPES PROVIDED
Only the
auth
module type is provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_BUF_ERR
-
Memory buffer error.
PAM_IGNORE
-
The prompt was already changed.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
-
A service module error occurred.
PAM_SUCCESS
-
The new prompt was set successfully.
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 ALSO
pam.conf(5),
pam.d(5),
pam(8)
AUTHOR
pam_issue was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
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- RETURN VALUES
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- EXAMPLES
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHOR
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