Configuring banners, Banner input modes – H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches User Manual
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To enable displaying the copyright statement:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enable displaying the
copyright statement.
copyright-info enable
Optional.
Enabled by default.
Configuring banners
Banners are messages that the system displays during user login.
The system supports the following banners:
•
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.
•
Message of the Day (MOTD) banner—Appears after the legal banner and before the login banner.
•
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 input modes
You can configure a single-line banner or a multi-line banner:
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Single-line banner.
A single-line banner must be input in the same line as the command. The start and end delimiters
for the banner can be any printable character, but they must be the same and must not be included
in the banner. The input text, including the command keywords and the delimiters, cannot exceed
510 characters. 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.%
•
Multi-line banner.
A multi-line banner can be up to 2000 characters. To input a multi-line banner, use one of the
following methods:
{
Method 1—Press Enter after the final 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 '%'.
Have a nice day.
Please input the password.%
{
Method 2—After you type the final 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