Annotating IIS FTP Directories
Do you know you can 'annotate' your FTP directories? making it more 'user friendly'. We normally configure FTP messages, but this does not support folder level message. When you navigate among folders, you have no further message explaining the nature of the folder and so on. To make it easier, you can create a new DWORD registry key AnnotateDirectories at this key path:
Registry Path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSFTPSVC\Parameters\
Value: 0 (default - disable), 1 (enable)
After that, you create a text file named: ~ftpsvc~.ckm, place it in the desired folder. when users change working directory to this folder for example: ftp>cd test, if AnnotateDirectories is enabled and ~ftpsvc~.ckm file exist, IIS FTP will display the .ckm file content, for example:
ftp> cd test
250-This is a test message welcome message.
250 CWD command successful.
ftp>
You should configure ~ftpsvc~.ckm as a hidden file, hence it will not be listed when users are doing a directory listing.