Configuring the message-of-the-day
About this task
Configure a system login message-of-the-day in the form of a text banner that appears after each successful logon.
Procedure
Example
Switch:1> enable
Switch:1# configure terminal
Create a message-of-the-day to display with the logon banner. (To provide a string with spaces, include the text in quotation marks.):
Switch:1(config)# banner motd “Unauthorized access is forbidden”
Enable the custom message-of-the-day:
Switch:1(config)# banner displaymotd
Variable Definitions
The following table defines parameters for the banner motd command.
|
Variable |
Value |
|---|---|
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WORD<1–1516> |
Creates a message of the day to display with the logon banner. To provide a string with spaces, include the text in quotation marks ("). To set this option to the default value, use the default operator with the command. |