warning banner for ftp and ssh

[Joseph Hoh]

Does anyone know how to put in a warning banner for ftp and ssh?

Thanks.

[Volker Borowski]

Hi,

for ftp you can put a .message file in each directory that should display a message.

For ssh /etc/issue should work

Volker

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi Jeff,

To display a custom ftp banner, i think you should have the ftpaccess configured. Modify the following line in the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file:

Change: message /welcome.msg login
To: message /welcome.msg [path where message is located]

Here is how you can configure ftpaccess on your system,

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=504e341c06c2add525/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000055935266

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Rita C Workman]

Well on my FTP server I use the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file and added the following:
banner /etc/issue
banner /etc/motd

The issue file tells them they hit the FTP Server...And the motd prints up what the rules for using it are....
I have another line..
message /home/message

This get triggered if they try to do something they shouldn't and it's a stronger 'no-no' message.

Just remember to activate using the ftpaccess file in your /etc/inetd.conf by putting a ( -a ) at the end of the ftp line..

Just one way of many ways to do ftp..
Rit