disabling FTP banner in Tru64 unix

[Amitava_HP-UX]

Hi
i am having Tru64 unix 5.1A & 5.1B servers. Whenever i run ftp i get the following messages.
# ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.
220 newamd FTP server (Compaq Tru64 UNIX Version 5.60) ready.
Name (localhost:root):

here i want to hide the banner " Compaq Tru64 UNIX Version 5.60)" & put my customized banner in that place.

Can any body guide me how to do it?

[Orjan Petersson]

You can add your own banner with /etc/banner but AFAIK it will not replace the line
220 newamd FTP server (Compaq Tru64 UNIX Version 5.60) ready

(An alternative could be changing the ftp server: ProFTPd works for us; PureFTPd had problems with huge directories)

[Nigel Halliday]

Unfortunately you can't change the initial reply (220) line that you receive when you connect to ftpd. This is compiled into the executable - it is built up from:

'hostname' - using gethostname(); to get the system hostname
'_CS_SYSTEM_BANNER' - using confstr(); to get the system banner, compiled into the kernel
'version' - defined string is version of ftpd code

The previous suggestion of using a different ftp daemon either doesn't display this or allows you to change it if you have access to the source code.

Regards,

Nigel