Configuring Banners; Banner Message Input Modes - HP 3100 v2 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring banners

Banners are messages that the system displays during user login.
The system supports the following banners:
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Legal banner—Appears after the copyright or license statement. To continue login, the user
must enter Y or press Enter. To quit the process, the user must enter N. Y and N are
case-insensitive.
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Message of the Day (MOTD) banner—Appears after the legal banner and before the login
banner.
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Login banner—Appears only when password or scheme authentication has been configured.
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Incoming banner—Appears for Modem users.
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Shell banner—Appears for non-Modem users.

Banner message input modes

You can configure a banner in one of the following ways:
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Single-line input
Input the entire banner in the same line as the command. The start and end delimiters for the
banner must be the same but can be any visible character. The input text, including the
command keywords and the delimiters cannot exceed 510 characters. In this mode, 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.%
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Multiple-line input
Input message text in multiple lines. In this approach, the message text can be up to 2000
characters. Use one of the following methods to implement multi-line input mode:
Method 1—Press Enter after the last command keyword. At the system prompt, enter the
banner message and end 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 '%'.――System prompt
Have a nice day.
Please input the password.%
Method 2—After you type the last command keyword, type any character as the start
delimiter for the banner message and press Enter. At the system prompt, type the banner
message and end the last line with a delimiter that is the same as the start 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'.――System prompt
Have a nice day.
Please input the password.A
Method 3—After you type the last keyword, type the start delimiter and part of the banner
message and press Enter. At the system prompt, enter the rest of the banner and end the
last line with a delimiter that is the same as the start delimiter. In this approach, you can use
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