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Syntax
• banner login
d message d
• no banner login
• d — Delimiting character, for example a pound sign (#). A delimiting character cannot be used in
the banner message.
• message — Message text. The message must start in a new line and can be a multi-line message.
Tokens in the form $(token) in the message text can be included. Tokens are replaced with the
corresponding configuration variable. Tokens are described in the usage guidelines.
Default Configuration
Disabled (no Login banner is displayed).
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
• Follow this command with one or more blank spaces and a delimiting character. 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.
• To customize the banner, use tokens in the form $(token) in the message text.
The following table displays the tokens.
• To disable the EXEC banner on a particular line or lines, use the no exec-banner line configuration
command.
Token Information displayed in the banner
$(hostname) Displays the host name for the device.
$(domain) Displays the domain name for the device.
$(bold) Indicates that the next text is a bold text. Using this token again
indicates the end of the bold text.
$(inverse) Indicates that the next text is an inverse text. Using this token again
indicates the end of the inverse text.
$(contact) Displays the system contact string.
$(location) Displays the system location string.
$(mac-address) Displays the base MAC address of the device.
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