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21.2.2.6.5. Directory Options
The following lists directives that affect directories.
dirlist_enable— When enabled, users are allowed to view directory lists.The default value isYES.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 themessage_filedirective and is.messageby default.The default value isNO. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, this option is set toYESin 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 isNO.hide_ids— When enabled, all directory listings showftpas the user and group for each file.The default value isNO.message_file— Specifies the name of the message file when using thedirmessage_enabledirective.The default value is.messagetext_userdb_names— When enabled, text user names and group names are used in place of UID and GID entries. Enabling this option may negatively affect the performance of the server.The default value isNO.use_localtime— When enabled, directory listings reveal the local time for the computer instead of GMT.The default value isNO.
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