How to control external messages from the command line

Overview

The command line tool "VISULOX policy external" allows to control external messages (Welcome EXT).

Usage

The following subcommands are available:

Command	Description
list	List and print external welcome messages.
add	Add an external welcome message.
edit	Modify fields of an external welcome message.
delete	Remove an external welcome message.
purge	Remove outdated entries. Can be used via cron-job.

Welcome EXT elements (edit)

Element	Description
-name <>	Name of Policy or use AUTO <>.
-starttime <>	Starttime of the message: now or timestring. Default value: now.
-endtime <>	Endtime of the message: endless or timestring. Default value: endless.
-accesspoint <>	Policy filter: Access Point <>
-content <>	Content of the policy. Default value: CLI.
-grant <>	Set granted user in database record <>

Examples

List current available Welcome EXT policies

CODE

visulox policy external list
    --------------------------
    |              basicname |
    --------------------------
    | DefaultExternalMessage |
    --------------------------

Add new Welcome EXT policy

CODE

visulox policy external add -name MSG1 -content Server maintenance today

Edit policy

CODE

visulox policy external edit -name LOG1 -accesspoint test1.domain

Remove an entry

CODE

visulox policy external delete -name LOG1