Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!uupsi!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Adding a motd to anon ftp Message-ID: <17875:Feb706:48:1291@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 7 Feb 91 06:48:12 GMT References: <1155@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> Organization: IR Lines: 13 In article emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes: > In article <1155@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> ifarqhar@sunb.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Ian Farquhar) writes: > I have noticed, when using anonymous ftp to other sites, that some systems > present a motd-like message when you log into them. Checking the ftpd > documentation, I can find no information on setting such a feature up. > Any suggestions? > You'll need to modify your FTPD to do this. Well, no. It's easy to put a wrapper around ftpd so that, e.g., every 230 message sent back is followed by the motd. You can make wrappers to do practically anything. ---Dan