The below code does work when you add the following right before the FTP upload HOME=/root ftp locates .netrc from ${HOME} so ${HOME} must be set. I am assuming that ${HOME} is not set while Anaconda is running. - dc <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Chun Tat David Chu <<a href="mailto:beyonddc.storage@gmail.com">beyonddc.storage@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Hi All, I am using RHEL 5.2 and within my %post, I would like to upload a file to an anonymous enabled FTP server. Here's what I am doing. %post cat <<NETRC > /root/.netrc machine <SERVER_IP> login anonymous password ^M NETRC ftp -i <SERVER_IP> <<EOF put /root/${TAR_FILE_NAME}.gpg system_to_rebuild/<HOSTNAME>/${TAR_FILE_NAME}.gpg quit EOF I am not sure what went wrong here. When I run this scriptlet standalone in a shell, it runs successfully. However when run within Anaconda, it doesn't work. I couldn't see the file being uploaded to my FTP server. Any idea? Thanks, David </blockquote></div>