BANNER (FTP server) statement

Use the BANNER statement to identify the welcome banner to be displayed immediately after a client connects to the server.

Syntax


>>-BANNER--file-path-------------------------------------------><

Parameters

file-path: The file path is the z/OS® UNIX absolute pathname or the fully qualified MVS™ data set name whose contents are displayed whenever a user connects to FTP. A z/OS UNIX pathname must begin with a slash (/) character. An MVS data set must not begin with a slash character.

Examples

To display the contents /etc/ftp.banner each time an FTP client connects to the FTP server, enter the following code in the server's FTP.DATA:

BANNER /etc/ftp.banner ; banner to be displayed for FTP

Usage notes

If no BANNER statement is specified, no banner is displayed immediately after a new connection is established.
One hundred lines of the file are displayed to the FTP client as 220 replies. If the file exceeds 100 lines, a final 220 reply is returned to the client indicating the banner was truncated.

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