PeteNetLive - KB0000226 - Cisco Firewalls "My Prompt has changed / Disappeared"


	KB	0000226
	Dated	12/04/10
	Revision	0.01

Cisco Firewalls "My Prompt has changed / Disappeared"

Problem
Whilst messing around with my home firewall, I noticed that it no longer displayed the hostname on the command prompt,I checked Telnet and SSH, the results were the same.
Solution
Option 1 from Command Line
I'd managed to change the default setting for "prompt" 1. Log into the Firewall > go to "enable" mode then "Configure Terminal" mode.
User Access Verification Password: Type help or '?' for a list of available commands. > en Password: ******** # configure terminal (config)#
2. To change it back to the default, which is (hostname context) issue the following command.
(config)# prompt hostname context PetesASA(config)#
Note: You would only see the context if you were in multiple mode! You can also add the following, hostname - the firewalls name. domain - The firewall configured domain name. priority - Only when deployed in fail over mode. (pri - primary and sec - secondary). state - Only when deployed in fail over mode. (act - active, stby - standby, actNoFailover - fail over not enabled and unit is active, and stbyNoFailover - fail over not enabled and unit is in standby).
Option 2 from ASDM
1. Open the ASDM and Navigate to Configuration > Device Management > Management Access > CLI Prompt > Add and Delete as applicable. (Screen shot shows the default). Click for larger image. 2. When done, click File > Save running configuration to flash.
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