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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]}}

no banner {enable | {{exec | login | motd} [message text]}}

Syntax Description

Defaults Banner support is disabled by default.

Command Modes global configuration

Usage Guidelines 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 you enter when 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.

Note When you run an SSH version 1 client and log in to the WAE, the MOTD and login banners are not

displayed. You need to use SSH version 2 to display the banners when you log in to the WAE.

Examples The following example shows how to use the banner motd message global configuration command to

configure the MOTD banner. In this example, the MOTD message consists of a single line of text.

WAE(config)# banner motd message This is a WAAS 4.0.7 device

enable Enables banner support on the WAE.

exec Configures an EXEC banner.

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

created. The message text is on a single line (980 characters maximum). 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.