Directory Options

The following lists directives which affect directories.

• dirlist_enable - When enabled, users are allowed to view directory lists.

The default value is YES.

• dirmessage_enable - When enabled, a message is displayed whenever a user enters a directory with a message file. This message resides within the current directory. The name of this file is specified in the message_file directive and is .message by default.

  The default value is NO. On Community Enterprise Operating System, this option is set to YES in the configuration file.

• force_dot_files - When enabled, files beginning with a dot (.) are listed in directory listings, with the exception of the . and .. files.

  The default value is NO.

• hide_ids - When enabled, all directory listings show ftp as the user and group for each file.

  The default value is NO.

• message_file - Specifies the name of the message file when using the dirmessage_enable directive.

  The default value is .message.

• text_userdb_names - When enabled, text usernames and group names are used in place of UID and GID entries. Enabling this option may slow performance of the server.

  The default value is NO.

• use_localtime - When enabled, directory listings reveal the local time for the computer instead of GMT.

  The default value is NO.