Troubleshoot FTP

Article currently under construction. Last updated 4-29-2015

When done, it'll look a whole lot like the "Troubleshoot TFTP" article in structure.

Testing FTP

Try to get a file with Linux:

These commands are NOT done on your FOG server, they are done on another Linux machine (this example uses Fedora).

To explain what's happening below in the code box,

• Create a test file with some data in it to send later.

• Start ftp (may need installed first).

• Open connection to FOG server.

• Provide username.

• Provide password.

• Change to /images directory.

• List directory contents.

• Upload file.

• List directory contents to verify.

• Download the file.

• Delete the file.

• Exit ftp.

[administrator@D620 ~]$ echo 'some text here to send later' > test.txt
[administrator@D620 ~]$ ftp
ftp> open 10.0.0.3
Connected to 10.0.0.3 (10.0.0.3).
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2)
Name (10.0.0.3:administrator): fog
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd /images
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> ls
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,0,0,3,204,176).
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxrwxrwx    2 0        0            4096 Apr 10 03:38 Optiplex745WinXPconfiguredApril2015
drwxrwxrwx    2 0        0            4096 Apr 10 03:39 dev
drwxrwxrwx    2 0        0           16384 Apr 07 01:58 lost+found
drwxrwxrwx    2 0        0            4096 Apr 08 00:59 postdownloadscripts
226 Directory send OK.
ftp> put test.txt
local: test.txt remote: test.txt
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,0,0,3,132,59).
150 Ok to send data.
226 Transfer complete.
29 bytes sent in 0.000114 secs (254.39 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> ls
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,0,0,3,118,48).
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxrwxrwx    2 0        0            4096 Apr 10 03:38 Optiplex745WinXPconfiguredApril2015
drwxrwxrwx    2 0        0            4096 Apr 10 03:39 dev
drwxrwxrwx    2 0        0           16384 Apr 07 01:58 lost+found
drwxrwxrwx    2 0        0            4096 Apr 08 00:59 postdownloadscripts
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000           29 Apr 30 00:29 test.txt
226 Directory send OK.
ftp> get test.txt
local: test.txt remote: test.txt
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,0,0,3,190,81).
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for test.txt (29 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
29 bytes received in 0.000529 secs (54.82 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> delete test.txt
250 Delete operation successful.
ftp> exit
421 Timeout.
[administrator@D620 ~]$ 

Try to get a file with Windows:

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Creating & verifying .mntcheck files

.mntcheck is a hidden and empty file that FOG uses to verify a NFS share is mounted correctly.

To create these files, on the FOG server:

touch /images/.mntcheck
touch /images/dev/.mntcheck

Verify these files with:

ls -laR /images | grep .mntcheck

This should return two results. One for /images and one for /images/dev

FTP Service

Fedora 20/21

• Check the status of FTP with

systemctl status vsftpd.service

(should be on and green, no errors, and enabled)

• stop, start, disable and enable FTP service.

systemctl stop vsftpd.service
systemctl start vsftpd.service
systemctl disable vsftpd.service
systemctl enable vsftpd.service

• Test that it’s functioning by using the testing instructions at the top of this article

additionally, if you open a web browser and go to

ftp://x.x.x.x

• Use fog / your-fog-account-Password for the credentials
• You should see “Index of /”

Ubuntu

status/enable/restart

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FTP Settings File

Fedora:

Location:

/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

To display file:

cat /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

It should look a lot like this:

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
listen=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=NO
tcp_wrappers=YES
seccomp_sandbox=NO

To edit:

vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Explanation of settings:

man vsftpd.conf

Ubuntu:

Location:

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To display file:

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It should look a lot like this:

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To edit:

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Instructions on using Vi: Vi

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Troubleshoot FTP

Troubleshooting here.

Disable/verify Firewall

Disable & Stop Firewall in Fedora 20/21

systemctl disable firewalld.service

systemctl stop firewalld.service

Can be undone with "start" and "enable".

Check Firewall in Fedora 20/21

systemctl status firewalld.service

Fedora 16

Add /bin/bash to /etc/shells as the vsftpd yum install does not do it correctly causing tftp timeout message

Check Firewall in Debian/Ubuntu

sudo iptables -L

If disabled, the output should look like this:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination 

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination 

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Disable Ubuntu Firewall

sudo ufw disable

Disable Debian Firewall

iptables -F
iptables -X
iptables -t nat -F
iptables -t nat -X
iptables -t mangle -F
iptables -t mangle -X
iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT

Temporarily disable Windows firewall

Change this picture to be specific to FTP.

Permissions

permissions for the /images directory