Configuring Banners; Banner Types; Banner Input Modes - HP 10500 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring banners

Banners are messages that the system displays when a user logs in.

Banner types

The system supports the following banners:
Legal banner—Appears after the copyright statement. To continue login, the user must enter Y or
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press Enter. To quit the process, the user must enter N. Y and N are case insensitive.
Message of the Day (MOTD) banner—Appears after the legal banner and before the login banner.
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Support for this banner depends on the device model.
Login banner—Appears only when password or scheme authentication is configured.
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Incoming banner—Appears for Modem users.
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• Shell banner—Appears for non-Modem users.

Banner input modes

You can configure a single-line banner or a multi-line banner:
Single-line banner.
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A single-line banner must be input in the same line as the command. The start and end delimiters
for the banner can be any printable character, but they must be the same and must not be included
in the banner. The input text, including the command keywords and the delimiters, cannot exceed
510 characters. Do not press Enter before you input the end delimiter.
For example, you can configure the shell banner "Have a nice day." as follows:
<System> system-view
[System] header shell %Have a nice day.%
Multi-line banner.
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A multi-line banner can be up to 2000 characters. To input a multi-line banner, use one of the
following methods:
Method 1—Press Enter after the last command keyword. At the system prompt, enter the banner
and end the last line with the delimiter character %. For example, you can configure the banner
"Have a nice day. Please input the password." as follows:
<System> system-view
[System] header shell
Please input banner content, and quit with the character '%'.
Have a nice day.
Please input the password.%
Method 2—After you type the last command keyword, type any single printable character as
the start delimiter for the banner and press Enter. At the system prompt, type the banner and
end the last line with the same delimiter. For example, you can configure the banner "Have a
nice day. Please input the password." as follows:
<System> system-view
[System] header shell A
Please input banner content, and quit with the character 'A'.
Have a nice day.
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