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From: Mike on 18 Jun 2008 07:24
On Jun 16, 9:08 pm, nobody <hoang.manh...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 16, 9:47 am, Mike <msargen...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Our security people want to place a long, formated, multiline banner
> > on the screen for people who connect to our server with ftp.
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> > I tried modifying the /etc/default/ftpd file, however, only the first
> > line displays. If I vi a new file and it has multiple lines ftp only
> > returns the first line as the ftp banner message. I tried embedding
> > \n's in the banner file but then get nothing displayed for the ftp
> > connections.
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> > I read the man pages and other online postings, but everything I've
> > read says enter a "one-line" banner. And this is the behavior we've
> > seen.
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> > Is there any easy way to get a multi-line welcome banner with an ftp
> > connection?
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> > Thanks,
> > Mike
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> 1. Create your multi line banner file
> 2. In /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess there is a line for banner, put your file
> name there.
> 3. Make sure that ftpd in /etc/inetd.conf run with option -a
> 4. Kill -HUP `pgrep inetd`- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Thanks

This - ftpaccess - works great with our Solaris 10 servers.

However our Solaris 8 systems still have the one-line problem.

And unfortunately we can't easily change our ftpd software -
configuration controls...

So I guess for now we may be stuck with the Solaris 8 ftpd
limitations.

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