Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch User Manual
Modifying the Login Banner
Logging Into the Switch
page 1-16
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide
March 2005
Modifying the Text Display Before Login
By default, the switch does not display any text before the login prompt for any CLI session.
At initial bootup, the switch creates a pre_banner.txt file in the /flash directory. The file is empty and
may be edited to include text that you want to display before the login prompt.
may be edited to include text that you want to display before the login prompt.
For example:
Please supply your user name and password at the prompts.
login : user123
password :
In this example, the pre_banner.txt file has been modified with a text editor to include the Please supply
your user name and password at the prompts message.
your user name and password at the prompts message.
The pre-banner text cannot be configured for FTP sessions.
To remove a text display before the login prompt, delete the pre_banner.txt file (it will be recreated at the
next bootup and will be empty), or modify the pre_banner.txt file.
next bootup and will be empty), or modify the pre_banner.txt file.