change welcome message

syphon00 · 09-05-2002, 07:11 AM

just a quick question about changing the ftp welcome message
where is the file and how do I direct to it?

thanks

DavidPhillips · 09-05-2002, 08:08 AM

see the file /etc/ftpaccess

# Messages displayed to the user
message /welcome.msg login

this says to output the file /var/ftp/welcome.msg to the user when they login

this applies to FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1-16.7x.1)

syphon00 · 09-05-2002, 09:43 AM

that files does not exist in the directory u mentioned
so I created one but it doesn't show when I log in to FTP

markus1982 · 09-05-2002, 09:47 AM

which ftp server are you using? might help us helping you!

syphon00 · 09-05-2002, 09:59 AM

wu-ftp
and I have looked around on the net and some say that
the msg file should be in the etc folder

thanks

DavidPhillips · 09-05-2002, 10:25 AM

that really depends on the path given in the ftpaccess file

message /welcome.msg login

this says that the file welcome.msg will be in the root folder of ftp which is /var/ftp/ on my system

so I have a file /var/ftp/welcome.msg

check to see where a user is when they login and put it there

DavidPhillips · 09-05-2002, 10:26 AM

if a user logs in to their home folder then the file will need to be in their home folder

you might want to use .message so it is hidden

DavidPhillips · 09-05-2002, 10:34 AM

normall anonymous ftp is locked into an ftp root folder, you do not want to have anonymous users accessing files outside of it so the needed files are provided in $ftproot

DavidPhillips · 09-05-2002, 10:39 AM

if you want it in etc then put it in /var/ftp/etc

and change the ftpaccess file to

message /etc/welcome.msg login

however a user logging in with a browser will not know to look for a message in etc and will not be likely to see it

if they open your server in a browser and see welcome.msg then maybe they will read it

syphon00 · 09-05-2002, 10:58 AM

thanks a lot, that worked really well
one more question though, when I hide the message file
using .welcome.msg it no longer shows up when logging
into the ftp

DavidPhillips · 09-05-2002, 12:24 PM

you mean you cannot see the file listed, or it does not display the message when you login?

I would make it visible if your clients are using a browser, I would hide it if they login with a shell to their root folder

for anonymous ftp I would make it visible

syphon00 · 09-05-2002, 01:09 PM

I mean if I hide the file the welcome message won't display when
I login,
I'm setting this up for a guest account.

DavidPhillips · 09-05-2002, 03:46 PM

put this in /etc/ftpaccess

message .message cwd=*

then make the .message file in ftp root folder

syphon00 · 09-06-2002, 07:22 AM

actually that line was akready in ftpaccess, didn't seem to make a differences though

DavidPhillips · 09-06-2002, 11:55 AM

I created a file on mine in /var/ftp called .message

when I login I see the message. Not sure what the problem could be unless it's file permissions