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Chapter 3 CLI Commands

(config) banner

To configure the EXEC, login, and message-of-the-day (MOTD) banners, use the banner global

configuration command. To disable the banner feature, use the no form of this command.

banner enable | {{exec | login | motd} [message text]}

Syntax Description

Defaults Banner support is disabled by default

Command Modes global configuration

Usage Guidelines You can configure the following three types of banners in any device mode:

• The MOTD banner sets the message of the day. This message is the first message that is displayed

when a login is attempted.

• The login banner is displayed after the MOTD banner but before the actual login prompt appears.

• The EXEC banner is displayed after the EXEC CLI shell has started.

Note All of these banners are effective on a console, Telnet, or a Secure Shell (SSH) version 2 session.

The message keyword is optional. If you enter a carriage return without specifying the message

keyword, you will be prompted to enter your message text. For message text on one or more lines, press

the Return key or enter delimiting characters (\n) to specify a message to appear on a new line. You can

enter up to a maximum of 980 characters, including new-line characters (\n). Enter a period (.) at the

beginning of a new line to save the message and return to the prompt for the global configuration mode.

Note The EXEC banner content is obtained from the command-line input that the user enters after being

prompted for the input.

After you configure the banners, enter the banner enable global configuration command to enable

banner support on the appliance. Enter the show banner EXEC command to display information about

the configured banners.

enable Enables banner support on the WAE.

exec Configures an EXEC banner.

message (Optional) Specifies a message to be displayed when an EXEC process is

created.

text Message text on a single line. The WAE translates the \n portion of the

message to a new line when the banner is displayed to the user.

motd Configures an MOTD banner.