To use SFTP or SCP you must first be an ARPA member. If you are
an ARPA member, then please continue reading.
What did you change? Both sftp and scp use 'sftp-server' via the
ssh session you establish. Any output from the /etc/motd and
your ENV setup files (.login, .profile .. et cetera) are read
into a buffer and not output to your SFTP / SCP client. Because
of this, the server may exit abruptly citing:
Received message too long 778199659
/etc/motd is always kept to just a few lines to accomodate users
who like to have 'fortune' or the output of other programs displayed
when they login. The result can be sporatic use of SFTP/SCP.
The best bet is to just not display a large amount of data when you
login (such as the process table, who is logged in or who has logged
in for the past 6 months).
