Troubleshoot FTP

Article currently under construction. Last updated 4-28-2015

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

Testing FTP

Try to get a file with Linux:

To explain what's happening below,

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

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 a web browser and going 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:

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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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Explanation of settings:

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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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Explanation of settings:

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