Configuring A Banner - 3Com MSR 50 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring a Banner

Introduction to banners
Banners are prompt information displayed by the system when users are
connected to the device, perform login authentication, and start interactive
configuration. The administrator can set corresponding banners as needed.
At present, the system supports the following five kinds of welcome information.
shell banner, also called session banner, displayed when a non TTY Modem
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user enters user view.
incoming banner, also called user interface banner, displayed when a user
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interface is activated by a TTY Modem user.
login banner, welcome information at login authentications, displayed when
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password and scheme authentications are configured.
motd (Message of the Day) banner, welcome information displayed before
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authentication.
legal banner, also called authorization information. The system displays some
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copyright or authorization information, and then displays the legal banner
before a user logs in, waiting for the user to confirm whether to continue the
authentication or login. If entering Y or pressing the Enter key, the user enters
the authentication or login process; if entering N, the user quits the
authentication or login process. Y and N are case insensitive.
Configuring a banner
When you configure a banner, the system supports two input modes. One is to
input all the banner information right after the command keywords. The start and
end characters of the input text must be the same but are not part of the banner
information. In this case, the input text, together with the command keywords,
cannot exceed 510 characters. The other is to input all the banner information in
multiple lines by pressing the Enter key. In this case, up to 2000 characters can be
input.
The latter input mode can be achieved in the following three ways:
Press the Enter key directly after the command keywords, and end the setting
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with the % character. The Enter and % characters are not part of the banner
information.
Input a character after the command keywords at the first line, and then press
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the Enter key. End the setting with the character input at the first line. The
character at the first line and the end character are not part of the banner
information.
Input multiple characters after the command keywords at the first line (with the
first and last characters being different), then press the Enter key. End the setting
with the first character at the first line. The first character at the first line and the
end character are not part of the banner information.
Follow these steps to configure a banner:
To do...
Enter system view
Basic Configurations
Use the command...
system-view
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Remarks
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