Specifications

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Parameter (ftp:) Description
bannerMessage
Displays a banner message that appears when
you are prompted to log in to FTP. Customize to
your own preferences.
Default =
"----------------------------
-------This is the "Banner" message
for the Mac OS X Server's FTP
server process
.
FTP clients will receive this
message immediately before being
prompted for a name and password
.
PLEASE NOTE: Some FTP clients may
exhibit problems if you make this
file too long
.
----------------------------------
---"
welcomeMessage
Displays a welcome message that appears
after you log in to FTP. Customize to your own
preferences. Default =
"---------------
----------------------This is the
"Welcome" message for the Mac OS X
Server's FTP server process.
FTP clients will receive this
message right after a successful
log in.
----------------------------------
---"
showBannerMessage
Default = yes
showWelcomeMessage
Default = yes
For information about command-line parameters for FTP, see “FTP Parameters” on
page 148. For information about serveradmin, see its man page. For the basics of
command-line tool usage, see Introduction to Command-Line Administration.
Displaying FTP Banner and Welcome Messages
FTP service in Mac OS X Server lets you greet users who contact or log in to your
server.
Note: Some FTP clients might not display the message in an obvious place, or they
might not display it at all. For example, in recent releases of the FTP client Fetch, you
set a preference to display server messages.
The banner message appears when a user contacts the server, before they log in. The
welcome message appears after they successfully log in.