Removing PureFTP banner

dushyantg · 11-16-2016, 07:19 AM

Hi

I want to remove PureFTP banner from server. I have tried to find in /etc/pure-ftp but its not there, I have tried to search it using .message, .msg, and .banner extensions but it won't show me any result .

any other way to find that file or make change in banner file?

Thanks

TB0ne · 11-16-2016, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by dushyantg

Hi
I want to remove PureFTP banner from server. I have tried to find in /etc/pure-ftp but its not there, I have tried to search it using .message, .msg, and .banner extensions but it won't show me any result .

any other way to find that file or make change in banner file?

Where did you search??? From the PureFTPD documentation:

Code:

    ------------------------ DISPLAYING BANNERS ------------------------
    

If a '.banner' file is located in the 'ftp' user home directory (or in the
root directory of a virtual server, see below), it will be printed when the
client logs in. Put a nice ASCII-art logo with your name in that file.

This file shouldn't be larger than 4000 bytes, or it won't be displayed.

In each directory, you may also have a '.message' file. Its content will be
printed when a client enters the directory. Such a file can contain important
information ("Don't download version 1.7, it's broken!") .

Did you look in the ftp user(s) home directories? https://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/doc/README

This can also be in a 'fortunes' file as well.

bathory · 11-16-2016, 12:29 PM

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I want to remove PureFTP banner from server. I have tried to find in /etc/pure-ftp but its not there, I have tried to search it using .message, .msg, and .banner extensions but it won't show me any result .

any other way to find that file or make change in banner file?

Are you talking about the default pure-ftpd banner, or a custom one?
In the latter case, you should check the config file (if you're using one), or the pure-ftpd options for the -F option (something like: -F/path/to/banner). And of course you can create a banner file containing what you like your users to see when connecting to ftp.

If you want to get rid of the default banner, then you should either recompile puref-tpd without the "--with-cookie" option, or use a txt file containing just a blank space.

dushyantg · 11-17-2016, 12:42 AM

I have looked into user's ftp directory, root directory, pure-ftpd configuration directory even tried to find it with "find" too

dushyantg · 11-17-2016, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bathory

Are you talking about the default pure-ftpd banner, or a custom one?
In the latter case, you should check the config file (if you're using one), or the pure-ftpd options for the -F option (something like: -F/path/to/banner). And of course you can create a banner file containing what you like your users to see when connecting to ftp.

If you want to get rid of the default banner, then you should either recompile puref-tpd without the "--with-cookie" option, or use a txt file containing just a blank space.

yes I want to remove the default one.

bathory · 11-17-2016, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by dushyantg

yes I want to remove the default one.

I told you what you can do in my previous post!
I guess you don't want to recompile pure-ftpd, so you need to create a txt file containing just a blank space (e.g. /blank-banner.txt) and use the -F option when starting pure-ftpd (-F/blank-banner.txt)