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
- 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
AUTHOR
- pam_issue was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.