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66 User Interface Commands
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login banner. Use the no form of this command to delete the existing MOTD
banner.
Syntax
banner motd d message-text d
no banner motd
Parameters
• d—Delimiting character of user’s choice—a pound sign (#), for example.
You cannot use the delimiting character in the banner message.
• message-text—The message must start on a new line. You can enter multi-
line messages. You can include tokens in the form of $(token) in the
message text. Tokens are replaced with the corresponding configuration
variable. Tokens are described in the User Guidelines. The message can
contain up to 2000 characters (after every 510 characters, you must press
<Enter> to continue).
Default Configuration
Disabled (no MOTD banner is displayed).
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Follow this command with one or more blank spaces and a delimiting
character of your choice. Then enter one or more lines of text, terminating
the message with the second occurrence of the delimiting character.
When a user connects to a device, the message-of-the-day (MOTD) banner
appears first, followed by the login banner and prompts. After the user logs in
to the device, the EXEC banner is displayed.
Use tokens in the form of $(token) in the message text to customize the
banner. The tokens are described in the table below:
Token Information displayed in the banner
$(hostname) Displays the host name for the device.
$(domain) Displays the domain name for the device.