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PAM_ISSUE
Section: Linux\-PAM Manual (8) Updated: 04/01/2016 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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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
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- RETURN VALUES
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