Change the Telnet Banner
Posted on by Daniel Petri in Windows Server 2003
How can I change the Telnet banner seen when connecting to my Windows Server 2003 server via Telnet?
MS KB article 245095 has more:
When you use Telnet to connect to the a Windows 2000/2003-based server the following banner is displayed:
|
1 2 3 4 |
*========================================================== Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Server. *========================================================== C:'Documents and Settings'Administrator> |
You can change your Telnet server to display a banner and run programs upon logon for all users by modifying the Login.cmd file. You can modify this file to run other programs (such as a different shell). The commands in the Login.cmd file are run for all users.
Note: You may also want to Change the IMAP4 Banner, Change the SMTP Banner or Change the POP3 Banner.
To change the prompt in the Telnet banner, follow these steps:
- Use any text editor (such as Notepad – see Free Notepad Replacements) to open the %SystemRoot%’System32’Login.cmd file.
- Modify the Telnet server banner or add the path and name of the program you want to run upon logon.
For example, you could change
|
1 |
echo Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Server |
to:
|
1 |
echo Welcome to Devine Telnet Server on Server: %computername% |
- You could also add the following line at the end of the file to change the command prompt to reflect the name of the server in your Telnet session:
|
1 |
prompt %computername%: $P$G |
- Save the file, and then quit Notepad.
|
1 2 3 4 |
*========================================================== Welcome to Devine Telnet Server on Server: ZEUS *========================================================== ZEUS: C:'Documents and Settings'Administrator> |
Related articles
You might also want to read the following related articles:
- Block Incoming Internet Mail to Specific Users or Groups
- Change the IMAP4 Banner
- Change the POP3 Banner
- Change the SMTP Banner
- Configure IIS to be a Smart Host for Exchange
- Configure MX Records for Incoming SMTP E-Mail Traffic
- Message Protocols Used by Exchange 2000/2003
- Ports used by Exchange Server
- Preventing Exchange 2000/2003 from Relaying
- Quickly Send Email Messages
- Remote Version Checking through SMTP/POP3/IMAP4
- Send Mail from Script
- Send Mail (from the Tools and Scripts section)
- SMTP, POP3 and Telnet in Exchange 2000/2003
- Test SMTP Service in IIS and Exchange
Links
Change the Telnet Server Banner and Run Programs for All Users – 245095
