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Hannes_Rapp
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Aug 30, 2016

How to customize command line prompt?

Well aware of the $PS1 variable of the BASH shell, but what variable or configuration file controls the prompt of TMSH? I would like to make the command prompt of TMSH a bit slimmer - eliminate c...
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Hannes_Rapp's avatar
Hannes_Rapp
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Aug 30, 2016

Thx to @Jason Rahm and @Mark Crosland.

Here's the answer if anyone else got the same question:

tmsh help cli preference, there is a limited amount of stuff to choose from, no shell out to bash for random commands or similar.

root@(d3)(cfg-sync Standalone)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) mod cli preference prompt { 
Options:
  }                     
Values:
  avc-count              fully-qualified-host   mcp-state              user                   
  config-sync-status     host                   multi-line             user-role             
  current-folder         mcp-load-status        status
root@(d3)(cfg-sync Standalone)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) mod cli preference prompt { avc-count host … }
  • Georgi__Joe__St's avatar
    Georgi__Joe__St
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    Aug 16, 2017

    Thank you :), you saved me from digging in docs 🙂

    I am using this one, hostname is replaced by FQDN and multy-line:

    modify cli preference prompt { user fully-qualified-host config-sync-status status current-folder multi-line }
  • Packeteer_69831's avatar
    Packeteer_69831
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    Jan 15, 2018

    I've done some research for an answer, which I've not found, so I figured it would be best to use a thread that's mostly similar to what I am trying to achieve.

     

    I wanted to update the TMSH cli so that all users can see the FQDN of the device in the TMSH parameters. We use TACACS for authentication and authorization.

     

    What I have found is that modifying the CLI prompt in TMSH appears to be a "per user" setting as verified when looking in /config/bigip_user.conf

     

    I am trying to work out if there is a way to modify the CLI such that it applies to all users who login, without having to add a specific entry in the .conf file for each user.

     

    We have a large number of users who access BigIP for various things, and users also come and go as well.

     

    Has anyone achieved something like this?

     

    Thanks.