Adding a motd to anon ftp

Dan Bernstein brnstnd at kramden.acf.nyu.edu
Thu Feb 7 17:48:12 AEST 1991


In article <EMV.91Feb1173857 at crane.aa.ox.com> emv at ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes:
> 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.

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



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