Cisco IOS in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

refuse-message — line

Synopsis

refuse-message delimiter message delimiter
no refuse-message

Configures

The message the user receives when a connection is busy.

Default

None

Description

This command defines the message that is displayed when the user attempts to connect a line that is already in use. delimiter is a character that marks the beginning and end of the message; it must not appear within the message itself.

Example

In this example, the user is told that the line is busy and to try another one:

line 1
  refuse-message # This line is currently busy, please try lines 2-8 #

To disable this message, delete it with the no form of this command:

line 1
  no refuse-message