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Messages

These settings control the welcome messages and other server responses given by the FTP server to clients. There are three main areas of messages that can be controlled. The first section is for Welcome messages (pre and post login). The second set of messages are used for responses to various commands used by the FTP Server. The third and final section is to define messages for a large variety of failure scenarios within the system.

Messages #

  • Wrap Lines Longer Than (Characters) - For display purposes, lines longer than this specified length will be 'wrapped' onto multiple lines, each with a maximum number of characters of this length.
  • Message - This is a description of which message you are editing in the 'Message Text' box.
  • Message Text - This is the text that will be sent with the appropriate reply code to the FTP client. You can use multi-line messages as well as a large variety of system defined tags as detailed below.

Message Tags #

Availability Tag Name Description
Always Available ####SYST_CMDLIST#### Server command list.
####SYST_CMDLIST_SITE#### Server SITE command list.
####SYST_CURRENTTIME#### Server current system time.
####SYST_USERCOUNT#### Total no. of users logged in.
####SYST_USERCOUNT_MAX#### Total no. of users logged in showing max (e.g. 1 of 5).
####SYST_TIMEOUT#### Idle connection time-out.
####SYST_LINE_STAR#### A full row of '*'s.
####SYST_LINE_EQUALS#### A full row of '='s.
####SYST_LINE_DASH#### A full row of '-'s.
####SESS_SERVERIP#### Server IP.
####SESS_CLIENTIP#### Connected client's IP.
Only Available After Login ####ACCT_USERCOUNT#### No. of users logged into current user.
####ACCT_USERCOUNT_MAX#### No. of users logged into current user showing max (e.g. 1 of 5).
####ACCT_SPACELEFT#### User allocation space left ("unlimited" or KiB value).
####ACCT_CREDS#### Current no. of credits.
####ACCT_DOWNCRED#### Credits per KiB downloaded (e.g. 3 or -3).
####ACCT_DOWNCRED_POS#### Credits per KiB downloaded (without negative).
####ACCT_DOWNCRED_TYPE#### "lose" or "gain" credits when downloading.
####ACCT_UPCRED#### Credits per KiB uploaded (e.g. 3 or -3).
####ACCT_UPCRED_POS#### Credits per KiB uploaded (without negative).
####ACCT_UPCRED_TYPE#### "lose" or "gain" credits when uploading.
Only Available When Relevant ####SESS_DIR#### Current working directory for current session.
####SESS_RNFR#### Last 'Rename From' (RNFR) path used.
####SESS_LASTPATH#### Last path parameter used in any command.
####SESS_USER#### Last parameter used for USER command.