Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Manuale Supplementare
Modifying the Login Banner
Logging Into the Switch
page 2-20
OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Switch Management Guide
September 2009
Modifying the Login Banner
The Login Banner feature allows you to change the banner that displays whenever someone logs into the
switch. This feature can be used to display messages about user authorization and security. You can
display the same banner for all login sessions or you can implement different banners for different login
sessions. You can display a different banner for logins initiated by FTP sessions than for logins initiated
by a direct console or a Telnet connection. The default login message looks similar to the following:
switch. This feature can be used to display messages about user authorization and security. You can
display the same banner for all login sessions or you can implement different banners for different login
sessions. You can display a different banner for logins initiated by FTP sessions than for logins initiated
by a direct console or a Telnet connection. The default login message looks similar to the following:
login : user123
password :
Welcome to the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 9000
Software Version 6.4.2.733.R01 Development, August 05, 2009.
Copyright(c), 1994-2007 Alcatel-Lucent. All Rights reserved.
OmniSwitch(TM) is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent registered
in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Here is an example of a banner that has been changed:
login : user123
password :
Welcome to the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 9000
Software Version 6.4.2.733.R01 Development, August 05, 2009.
Copyright(c), 1994-2007 Alcatel-Lucent. All Rights reserved.
OmniSwitch(TM) is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent registered
in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
********** LOGIN ALERT ************************
This switch is a secure device. Unauthorized
use of this switch will go on your permanent record.
Two steps are required to change the login banner. These steps are listed here:
• Create a text file that contains the banner you want to display in the switch’s /flash/switch directory.
• Enable the text file by entering the
CLI command followed by the filename.
To create the text file containing the banner text, you may use the
text editor in the switch. (See
for information about creating files directly on the switch.) This
method allows you to create the file in the /flash/switch directory without leaving the CLI console session.
You can also create the text file using a text editing software package (such as MS Wordpad) and transfer
the file to the switch’s /flash/switch directory. For more information about file transfers, see
You can also create the text file using a text editing software package (such as MS Wordpad) and transfer
the file to the switch’s /flash/switch directory. For more information about file transfers, see
If you want the login banner in the text file to apply to FTP switch sessions, execute the following CLI
command where the text filename is firstbanner.txt.
command where the text filename is firstbanner.txt.
-> session banner ftp /flash/switch/firstbanner.txt
If you want the login banner in the text file to apply to CLI switch sessions, execute the following CLI
command where the text filename is secondbanner.txt.
command where the text filename is secondbanner.txt.
-> session banner cli /flash/switch/secondbanner.txt