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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