Re: ftp error messages

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Date:         Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:48:01 -0700
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

When you say you want it to be the same, which one do you mean? The first
the same as the second, or vice versa?

You don't have to recompile or install anything, just change the ftpd
message catalog as follows:

# dspcat -g /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US/ftpd.cat > /tmp/ftpd.msg
# vi /tmp/ftpd.msg (look for and change the message text)
# gencat /tmp/ftpd.cat /tmp/ftpd.msg
# cp -p /tmp/ftpd.cat /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US/ftpd.cat

You will probably be asked to change your FTP server version info to
something more generic, i.e., "FTP server ready" (no version info), and this
method allows you to do that as well.

Be careful not to break anything that looks for certain messages, like an
Expect script that automates ftp processes.

Kevin Adams

PacifiCare Behavioral Health
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Mail Stop LC01-394
Santa Ana, CA 92704

Email: kevin.adams@phs.com
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Fax: 714-445-0475

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
David Zarnoch
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:26 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: [aix-l] ftp error messages

Folks,

Got an unusual request from our Security department

When you ftp to a server with an incorrect user id, it results in the
following:

Connected to <some address>
220 chh-lpar1 FTP server (Version 4.1 Fri Nov 21 12:40:53 CST 2003) ready.
Name (<some address>:me): blah
331 Password required for blah.
Password:
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
ftp>

When yo ftp to a server with an incorrect password, it results in:

530-3004-300 You entered an invalid login name or password.

530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
ftp>

Is there anyway to get ftp to display the same error message regardless
whether it was an invalid password or invalid user id?

Thanks!

Dave Zarnoch
dave.zarnoch@bisys.com

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