Cisco 11503 Administration Guide - Page 116

Configuring a Login Banner Chapter 3 Configuring User Profiles 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. 2. FTP the text file to the CSS script directory as follows: a. From the directory that contains the banner text file, FTP to the CSS. For example, enter: ftp 192.168.12.5. b. At the FTP prompt, log in to the CSS. c. Enter cd script to change to the CSS script directory. d. Enter put newBanner newBanner. FTP transfers the banner file to the CSS script directory. 3. To complete the configuration, enter the following command at the CSS CLI: (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 Configuring a Login 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: 1. Use any text editor (for example, Notepad or Wordpad) to create a custom banner and save it as a text file in the CSS script directory. The maximum line width is 80 characters. 2. FTP the banner file to the CSS script directory. See the "Configuring a Pre-Login Banner" section. 3-12 Cisco Content Services Switch Administration Guide OL-5647-02