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If the login concurrent-session clear-line enable command is
configured, you are provided with an option to clear any of your existing sessions
after a successful login authentication. When you reach the maximum concurrent
session limit, you can still login by clearing any of your existing sessions.
Example
The following example shows how to limit the number of concurrent sessions that
any user can have to four:
Dell(conf)#login concurrent-session limit 4
Dell(conf)#
The following example shows how to use the login concurrent-session
clear-line enable command.
Dell(conf)#login concurrent-session clear-line enable
Dell(conf)#
When you try to login, the following message appears with all your existing
concurrent sessions, providing an option to close any one of the existing sessions:
$ telnet 10.11.178.14
Trying 10.11.178.14...
Connected to 10.11.178.14.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: admin
Password:
Current sessions for user admin:
Line Location
2 vty 0 10.14.1.97
3 vty 1 10.14.1.97
Clear existing session? [line number/Enter to cancel]:
When you try to create more than the permitted number of sessions, the following
message appears, prompting you to close one of your existing sessions. You must
close any of your existing sessions to login to the system .
$ telnet 10.11.178.14
Trying 10.11.178.14...
Connected to 10.11.178.14.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: admin
Password:
Maximum concurrent sessions for the user reached.
Current sessions for user admin:
Line Location
2 vty 0 10.14.1.97
3 vty 1 10.14.1.97
4 vty 2 10.14.1.97
5 vty 3 10.14.1.97
Clear existing session? [line number/Enter to cancel]:
Related
Commands
login statistics — Enable and configure user login statistics on console and virtual
terminal lines.
show login statistics — Displays login statistics of users who have used the console
or virtual terminal lines to log in to the system.
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Control and Monitoring