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Security Command Reference
motd
Syntax
motd {url url-prefix:source-url | text motd-text-string}
no motd
Context
config>system>login-control
Description
This command creates the message of the day that is displayed after a successful console login. Only
one message can be configured.
The no form of the command removes the message.
Default
no motd
Parameters
url-prefix: source-url — when the message of the day is present as a text file, provide both the
motd-text-string — the text of the message of the day. The motd-text-string must be enclosed in
pre-login-message
Syntax
pre-login-message login-text-string [name]
no pre-login-message
Context
config>system>login-control
Description
This command creates a message displayed prior to console login attempts on the console via Telnet.
Only one message can be configured. If multiple pre-login-messages are configured, the last message
entered overwrites the previous entry.
The system name can be added to an existing message without affecting the current pre-login-
message.
The no form of the command removes the message.
Default
no pre-login-message
Parameters
login-text-string — a text string, up to 900 characters. Any printable, 7-bit ASCII characters can
name — when the keyword name is defined, the configured system name is always displayed
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url-prefix and the source-url of the file containing the message of the day. The URL
prefix can be local or remote.
double quotes. Multiple text strings are not appended to one another.
Some special characters can be used to format the message text. The "\n" character creates
multi-line MOTDs and the "\r" character restarts at the beginning of the new line. For
example, entering "\n\r" will start the string at the beginning of the new line, while entering
"\n" will start the second line below the last character from the first line.
be used. If the string contains special characters (#, $, spaces, etc.), the entire string must be
enclosed within double quotes.
first in the login message. To remove the name from the login message, the message must be
cleared and a new message entered without the name.
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