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Displaying Banner and Welcome Messages to Users
FTP service in Mac OS X Server allows you to create certain messages that you can send to
real users and to anonymous FTP users when they log in to your server. Some FTP clients
may not display the message in an obvious place, or they may not display it at all. For
example, the FTP client Fetch displays a banner message in the “RemoteHostname
Messages” window.
To display banner and welcome messages to users:
1 In Server Settings, click the File & Print tab.
2 Click FTP and choose Configure FTP Service.
3 Click the General tab.
4 Select the “Show Banner Message” option to display a message to users before they log in to
the server.
5 Click the Edit Banner button to create or revise a banner message.
6 Select the “Show Welcome Message” option to display a message to users after they have
logged in to the server.
7 Click the Edit Welcome button to create or revise a welcome message in the window that
appears.
8 Click Save.
Displaying Messages Using message.txt files
When a user encounters a directory that contains a file named “message.txt,” the file content
is displayed as a message. The user only sees the message the first time he or she connects
to the directory during that FTP session. You can use the message to notify users of
important information or changes users need to be aware of.
Using README Messages
You can place a file called README in a directory. When users encounter a directory that
contains a README file, they receive a message letting them know that the file exists and
when it was last updated. Users can choose whether or not to open and read the file.
Network File System (NFS) Service
Network File System is the protocol used for file services on UNIX computers. Use NFS to
provide file service for your UNIX clients (other than Mac OS X clients). You can export a
shared item to a set of client computers or to “World.” Exporting an NFS volume to World
means that anyone who can access your server can also access that volume.
Note: The NFS term for sharing is export. This guide, therefore, uses that term to be
consistent with standard NFS terminology.
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