Specifications

To display banner and welcome messages to users:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle at the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select FTP.
4 Click Settings, then click Messages.
5 Select “Show welcome message.”
6 Select “Show banner message.”
7 Click Save.
From the command line:
To change display settings: m
$ sudo serveradmin settings
ftp:showBannerMessage = value
ftp:showWelcomeMessage = value
Control-D
Parameter (ftp:) Description
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 Messages Using message.txt Files
If an FTP user opens a folder on your server that contains a le named “message.txt,”
the le contents appear as a message.
The user sees the message only the rst time they connect to the folder during an FTP
session. You can use the message to notify users of important information or changes.
Using FTP README Messages
If you place a le named README in a folder, an FTP user who opens that folder
receives a message letting them know that the le exists and when it was last
updated. The user can then choose to open and read the le.
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