Users Guide

NOTE: Login statistics are not applicable for login sessions that do not use authentication on user
names. For example, the system does not report login activity for a telnet session that prompts only a
password eld.
Example
When you log into the system, it displays a message similar to the following:
$ telnet 10.11.178.14
Trying 10.11.178.14...
Connected to 10.11.178.14.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: admin
Password:
Last successful login: 12:52:01 UTC Tue Mar 22 2016 Line vty0 ( 10.11.178.14 ).
There were 1 unsuccessful login attempt(s) since the last successful login.
There were 1 unsuccessful login attempt(s) for user admin in the last 30
day(s).
There were 1 successful login attempt(s) for user admin in the last 30 day(s).
The preceding message shows that the user had previously logged in to the system using the VTY line from
10.11.178.14. It also displays the number of unsuccessful login attempts since the last login and the number of
unsuccessful login attempts in the last 30 days.
$ telnet 10.11.178.14
Trying 10.11.178.14...
Connected to 10.11.178.14.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: admin
Password:
Last successful login: 12:52:01 UTC Tue Mar 22 2016 on console
There were 2 unsuccessful login attempt(s) since the last successful login.
There were 3 unsuccessful login attempt(s) for user admin in last 12 day(s).
There were 1 successful login attempt(s) for user admin in the last 30 day(s).
The preceding message shows that the user had previously logged in to the system using the console line. It also
displays the number of unsuccessful login attempts since the last login and the number of unsuccessful login
attempts during a custom time period.
Related Commands
• login concurrent-session — congures the limit of concurrent sessions for all users 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.
motd-banner
Enable a message of the day (MOTD) banner to appear when you log in to the system.
Syntax
motd-banner
To disable the MOTD banner, use the no motd-banner command.
Defaults Enabled on all lines.
Command Modes LINE
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
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