Adding a motd to anon ftp

[Ed Vielmetti]

In article <1155 at macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> ifarqhar at 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.

A good place to start would be with the 4.3 Reno ftpd, available from

	wuarchive.wustl.edu:/unix/4.3bsd-reno/libexec/ftpd/ [128.252.135.4]

If the 4.3 Reno ftpd doesn't have all of the features that it sensibly
should have to support anonymous FTP on the internet, perhaps they
should be added and sent back to Berkeley.

This version is known to have a motd:

	From: seindal at diku.dk (Rene' Seindal)
	Archive: freja.diku.dk:/pub/4.3bsd/ftpd.tar.Z [129.142.96.1]

Otherwise I'd look at the following, roughly in the order of
presentation.  Some are ports to particular machines (eps -> next,
rees -> apollo, jim -> a/ux) and may not necessarily be featureful.
The Swedish version has hacks for MUD.  All of these references have
shown up in comp.archives.

	From: eap at bu-pub.bu.edu (Eric Pearce)
	Archive-directory: bu.edu:/src/netutil/adams-ftp/ [128.197.2.6]

	From: eps at toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
	Archive: sutro.sfsu.edu:/pub/ftpd-src.tar.Z [130.212.15.230]

	From: rees at pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
	Archive: dabo.ifs.umich.edu:/ftpd.tar.Z [141.211.168.73]

	From: pell at isy.liu.se (P{r Emanuelsson)
	Archive: nanny.lysator.liu.se:/pub/net/ftpd.tar.Z [130.236.254.13]

	From: jim at jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
	Archive-site: jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov:/pub/AUXftpd.tar.Z [128.183.44.1]

--Ed

Edward Vielmetti
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