Fist off, thanks to Richard Black and Ron Reed for helping me with my full-duplex issue last week. I'm got that working. On to the next oddity which may be more of an install issue and not purely a kickstart one, but here goes... Setup: Kickstart Server: RedHat 9 w/ vsFTPd 1.1.3 RedHat Directory location: /opt/local/redhat9 FTP information (ftp://username:password@server/opt/local/redhat9) is left out of the ks.cfg so the user is forced to enter his/her password to authenticate to the FTP server from which the OS image is being pulled. Everything cruises along fine until anaconda goes to pull the hdlist from /opt/local/redhat9/RedHat/base/hdlist Anaconda tries five times and then dies saying it can't pull the file due to "missing file or bad media." On another VT, anaconda spits out a 550 error, saying it can't change to directory. Keep in mind that this KS server also serves up RedHat 8.0 (via NFS and FTP)from /opt/local/redhat8 which works fine. RedHat 9.0 NFS works fine as well from this server. After verifying the permissions on everything and availability of the data via manual ftp, I fired up ethereal to see what's going on and found something very interesting. The data is below, but I'll try and paraphrase it here. When RedHat 8.0 anaconda goes to get the hdlist, it connects via FTP and then CWDs to "/" then to "opt" then to "local" then "redhat8" etc... until it gets to the base directory. It reads the hdlist and then the comps.xml and chugs along its merry way. RedHat 9.0 anaconda also connects fine via ftp, but it tries to CWD to "opt" without going to "/" first. This wouldn't be a problem except that since users are logging in as themselves, they are dropped into their ${HOME} which is usually not "/". Anaconda is attempting to pull the hdlist file from ${HOME}/opt/local/redhat9/RedHat/base and it just isn't there. I suppose I could sym-link ${HOME}/opt to point to /opt, but I've never been a big fan of spaghetti sym-linking to Band-Aid underlying problems. I have applied the fixes to bugzilla number 87867 and it either doesn't address this issue or I'm not applying the fixes right (dumped the files to an ext2 floppy and ran a linux updates from the boot prompt off the install CD). Anyway, I'd appreciate any information/suggestions anyone has on this one. Thanks in advance Bill Bill Anderson TDS Telecom ISS P.S. Oh yeah, here are the ethereal dumps starting with the RedHat 8.0 (the one that works). RH 8.0 No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info 12393 26.152408 server client FTP Response: 220 (vsFTPd 1.1.3) 12395 26.152656 client server FTP Request: USER user 12397 26.154186 server client FTP Response: 331 Please specify the password. 12398 26.154360 client server FTP Request: PASS password 12399 26.162789 server client FTP Response: 230 Login successful. Have fun. 12400 26.162987 client server FTP Request: CWD / 12401 26.163405 server client FTP Response: 250 Directory successfully changed. 12402 26.163579 client server FTP Request: CWD opt 12403 26.163669 server client FTP Response: 250 Directory successfully changed. 12404 26.163837 client server FTP Request: CWD local 12405 26.163917 server client FTP Response: 250 Directory successfully changed. 12406 26.164085 client server FTP Request: CWD redhat8 12407 26.164165 server client FTP Response: 250 Directory successfully changed. 12408 26.164331 client server FTP Request: CWD RedHat 12409 26.164409 server client FTP Response: 250 Directory successfully changed. 12410 26.164576 client server FTP Request: CWD base 12411 26.164653 server client FTP Response: 250 Directory successfully changed. 12412 26.164869 client server FTP Request: TYPE I 12413 26.164934 server client FTP Response: 200 Switching to Binary mode. 12414 26.165122 client server FTP Request: TYPE A 12415 26.165186 server client FTP Response: 200 Switching to ASCII mode. 12416 26.165364 client server FTP Request: PASV 12417 26.165548 server client FTP Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (204,246,8,205,202,229) 12421 26.170103 client server FTP Request: NLST hdlist 12422 26.173478 server client FTP Response: 150 Here comes the directory listing. 12424 26.173663 server client FTP Response: 226 Directory send OK. 12429 26.175917 client server FTP Request: TYPE I 12430 26.175994 server client FTP Response: 200 Switching to Binary mode. 12431 26.176180 client server FTP Request: PASV 12432 26.176314 server client FTP Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (204,246,8,205,58,190) 12436 26.176815 client server FTP Request: RETR hdlist 12437 26.176970 server client FTP Response: 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for hdlist (2339328 bytes). 15850 26.717572 server client FTP Response: 226 File send OK. 15864 26.926481 server client FTP Response: 226 File send OK. 15866 26.926707 client server FTP Request: TYPE I 15867 26.929820 server client FTP Response: 200 Switching to Binary mode. 15868 26.930026 client server FTP Request: TYPE A 15869 26.930108 server client FTP Response: 200 Switching to ASCII mode. 15870 26.930282 client server FTP Request: PASV 15871 26.930414 server client FTP Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (204,246,8,205,130,39) 15875 26.930923 client server FTP Request: NLST comps.xml 15876 26.931090 server client FTP Response: 150 Here comes the directory listing. 15878 26.931234 server client FTP Response: 226 Directory send OK. 15883 26.931679 client server FTP Request: TYPE I 15884 26.931741 server client FTP Response: 200 Switching to Binary mode. 15885 26.931914 client server FTP Request: PASV 15886 26.932021 server client FTP Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (204,246,8,205,99,95) 15890 26.932488 client server FTP Request: RETR comps.xml 15891 26.932610 server client FTP Response: 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for comps.xml (622587 bytes). 16796 27.082504 server client FTP Response: 226 File send OK. RH 9.0 No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info 15618 57.153834 server client FTP Response: 220 (vsFTPd 1.1.3) 15620 57.154082 client server FTP Request: USER user 15622 57.154391 server client FTP Response: 331 Please specify the password. 15623 57.154561 client server FTP Request: PASS password 15624 57.162712 server client FTP Response: 230 Login successful. Have fun. 15625 57.162920 client server FTP Request: CWD opt 15626 57.164415 server client FTP Response: 550 Failed to change directory. 15737 62.161894 server client FTP Response: 220 (vsFTPd 1.1.3) 15739 62.162145 client server FTP Request: USER user 15741 62.162363 server client FTP Response: 331 Please specify the password. 15742 62.162530 client server FTP Request: PASS password 15743 62.171437 server client FTP Response: 230 Login successful. Have fun. 15744 62.171639 client server FTP Request: CWD opt ##### EDITOR'S NOTE: Unlike RH8, RH9 does not CWD to / before trying to go to opt. ##### Logging into the server as a user, I get dropped into the home account of the user ##### and the path to the install area is /opt/local/redhat9 not ${HOME}/opt/local/redhat9 ##### which is there RH9 is trying to go. 15745 62.171747 server client FTP Response: 550 Failed to change directory. 15747 62.172156 server client FTP Response: 500 OOPS: 15748 62.172185 server client FTP Response: vsf_sysutil_recv_peek: no data 15856 67.172450 server client FTP Response: 220 (vsFTPd 1.1.3) 15858 67.172699 client server FTP Request: USER user 15860 67.173902 server client FTP Response: 331 Please specify the password. 15861 67.174081 client server FTP Request: PASS password 15862 67.182094 server client FTP Response: 230 Login successful. Have fun. 15863 67.182297 client server FTP Request: CWD opt 15864 67.182634 server client FTP Response: 550 Failed to change directory. 15866 67.183030 server client FTP Response: 500 OOPS: 15867 67.183069 server client FTP Response: vsf_sysutil_recv_peek: no data 15983 72.183763 server client FTP Response: 220 (vsFTPd 1.1.3) 15985 72.184005 client server FTP Request: USER user 15987 72.184223 server client FTP Response: 331 Please specify the password. 15988 72.184390 client server FTP Request: PASS password 15989 72.193352 server client FTP Response: 230 Login successful. Have fun. 15990 72.193554 client server FTP Request: CWD opt 15991 72.193911 server client FTP Response: 550 Failed to change directory. 15993 72.194310 server client FTP Response: 500 OOPS: 15994 72.194340 server client FTP Response: vsf_sysutil_recv_peek: no data 16102 77.186706 server client FTP Response: 500 OOPS: 16103 77.186740 server client FTP Response: vsf_sysutil_recv_peek: no data
