pam_issue(8)

NAME#

pam_issue - PAM module to add issue file to user prompt

SYNOPSIS#

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

\l

\m

\n

\o

\r

\t

\u

\U

\v

OPTIONS#

noesc

issue=issue-file-name

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED#

Only the auth module type is provided.

RETURN VALUES#

PAM_BUF_ERR

PAM_IGNORE

PAM_SERVICE_ERR

PAM_SUCCESS

EXAMPLES#

Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to set the user specific issue at login:

\n
        auth optional pam_issue.so issue=/etc/issue
\n

SEE ALSO#

pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)

AUTHOR#

pam_issue was written by Ben Collins <[email protected]>.