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Configuring a Login Banner

Configuring a Login Banner
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For example, to configure a pre-login banner file called newBanner:
1. Use any text editor (for example, Notepad or Wordpad) to create a custom
banner called newBanner and save it as a text file. The maximum line width
is 80 characters.
FTP the text file to the CSS script directory as follows:
2.
a. From the directory that contains the banner text file, FTP to the CSS. For
example, enter: ftp 192.168.12.5.
At the FTP prompt, log in to the CSS.
b.
Enter cd script to change to the CSS script directory.
c.
Enter put newBanner newBanner.
d.
FTP transfers the banner file to the CSS script directory.
To complete the configuration, enter the following command at the CSS CLI:
3.
(config)# prelogin-banner newBanner
The next time you connect to the CSS, the custom banner appears.
To reset the default behavior of the CSS to no pre-login banner, enter:
(config)# no prelogin-banner
The CSS banner is an ASCII text file that you provide and it must reside in the
CSS /script directory. Because this feature is part of your user profile, you can
have your own custom banner associated with your login name.
Use the set command with the BANNER environment variable to create a custom
banner that appears after you log in to a CSS. To configure a login banner:
Use any text editor (for example, Notepad or Wordpad) to create a custom
1.
banner and save it as a text file in the CSS script directory. The maximum line
width is 80 characters.
FTP the banner file to the CSS script directory. See the
2.
Pre-Login Banner" section.
Chapter 3 Configuring User Profiles
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