Using banner, welcome and exit messages

You can create messages to send to a client on successful connection, logon, and logoff. The client usually displays these messages in the message log.

• Banner Message. The server sends this message to a user upon successful connection to a listener, before the user logs on to a host. You can use this message to tell users about the organization of your site, any rules, times of operation, mirror sites, or contact information. You can use the message variables to provide information, for example, that the host has reached the maximum number of concurrent users.
• Welcome Message. The FTP server sends this message to a user upon successful logon. You can use the message variables to report information, such as the current number of files and the maximum for this user.
• Exit Message. The FTP server sends this message to the user on logoff. You can use the message variables to provide statistics for the FTP session, for example, the number of files received and sent by the user.

  Note: Banner, welcome, and exit messages are not supported with SSH.

• To create or edit a banner message:

1. From the top menu, select Server > Listeners. The Listeners page opens.
2. Click the hyperlinked IP address of the listener you want to select. The Edit Listener page opens.
3. In Banner message, enter text for the message. You can use message variables in this message.
4. Clear the Disable default banner check box.
5. Click Save.

   Tip: If a host uses multiple listeners, you must configure the banner message on each listener used by the host to make sure that all users connecting always get the same banner message. Similarly, if two hosts use one listener, users connecting to both hosts are presented the same banner message.

• To create or edit a welcome or an exit message:

1. From the top menu, select Host > Host Settings > Messages. The Messages page opens.

   

2. In Welcome message and Exit message, enter text for the messages. You can use message variables in these messages.
3. Click Save.