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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Administrative Login Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Configuring Administrative Login Authentication and Authorization
If you try to exit this window without saving the modified settings, a warning dialog box prompts you
to submit the changes. This dialog box only appears if you are using the Internet Explorer browser.
To centrally reenable the Telnet service on the device (or device group) at a later time, check the Telnet
Enable check box in the Telnet Settings window and click Submit.
From the CLI, you can use the no telnet enable global configuration command to disable Telnet or the
telnet enable global configuration command to enable it.
Configuring Message of the Day Settings for WAAS Devices
The Message of the Day (MOTD) feature enables you to provide information bits to the users when they
log in to a device that is part of your WAAS network. There are three types of messages that you can set
up:
• MOTD banner
• EXEC process creation banner
• Login banner
Note When you run an SSH version 1 client and log in to the device, the MOTD and login banners are not
displayed. You need to use SSH version 2 to display the banners when you log in to the device.
To configure the MOTD settings, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the WAAS Central Manager menu, choose Devices > device-name.
Step 2 Choose Configure > Network > Console Access > Message of the day. The MOTD Configuration
window for the chosen device appears.
Step 3 To enable the MOTD settings, check the Enable check box. The Message of the Day (MOTD) banner,
EXEC process creation banner, and Login banner fields become enabled.
Step 4 In the Message of the Day (MOTD) Banner field, enter a string that you want to display as the MOTD
banner after a user logs in to the device.
Note In the Message of the Day (MOTD) Banner, EXEC Process Creation Banner, and Login Banner
fields, you can enter a maximum of 1024 characters. A new line character (or Enter) is counted
as two characters, as it is interpreted as \n by the system. You cannot use special characters such
as `, % ,^ , and " in the MOTD text. If your text contains any of these special characters, WAAS
software removes it from the MOTD output.
Step 5 In the EXEC Process Creation Banner field, enter a string to be displayed as the EXEC process creation
banner when a user enters into the EXEC shell of the device.
Step 6 In the Login Banner field, enter a string to be displayed after the MOTD banner, when a user attempts
to login to the device.
Step 7 To save the configuration, click Submit.
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