Managing FTP Site Settings
FTP 7 includes
features for monitoring users and for improving the user experience. In
this section, you will learn about these configuration options and how
you can monitor FTP site usage.
Monitoring FTP Current Sessions
You can use the FTP Current Sessions feature for an FTP site to view which users are currently connected to the server. (See Figure 28.) The details that are shown include:
User Name
Client IP Address
Session Start Time
Current Command
Previous Command
Command Start Time
Bytes Sent
Bytes Received
Session ID
Managing FTP Messages
You can use the FTP
Messages feature to define text-based messages sent to clients. The
specific types of text you can define are:
Banner This is the information that is presented initially when a user connects to the FTP site.
Welcome This message is displayed after a user has successfully authenticated to the FTP site.
Exit This message is displayed after the user chooses to end his or her connection and is sent just prior to closing the connection.
Maximum Connections
This message is displayed when the FTP server has reached its maximum
number of connections, and the user is unable to access the site.
FTP messages
often include warnings related to the intended use of the site and can
provide contact information for administrators of the site. (See Figure 29.)
You can prevent the
default banner from being sent to the user by using the Message Behavior
section. This is useful when you do not want to disclose details about
the purpose or function of the site until users are authenticated. The
Support User Variables In Messages option enables you to use the
following string values in your messages:
BytesReceived
BytesSent
SessionID
SiteName
UserName
When the variable name is surrounded by percent symbols (for example, %UserName%), the FTP server will automatically replace the information with the appropriate value.
