make yum.conf do a user ftp login for baseurl

[Tom Diehl]

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Harry Putnam wrote:

> "Jeffrey C. Ollie" <jeff at ollie.clive.ia.us> writes:
> 
> >> But `ftp://reader:xxxxxx@reader.local.net0:~/no_bak/fedraw
> >> used as baseurl in yum.conf fails:
> >
> > This is not a valid URL.  As you can see from the following example:
> >
> >         >>> import urlparse
> >         >>> urlparse.urlparse('ftp://reader:xxxxxx@reader.local.net0:~/no_bak/fedraw')
> >         ('ftp', 'reader:xxxxxx at reader.local.net0:~', '/no_bak/fedraw', '', '', '')
> >         
> > Python is interpreting the '~' as part of the hostname, not as part of the path.  Try using something like:
> >
> > ftp://reader:xxxxxx@reader.local.net0/home/no_bak/fedraw
> >
> > Note that you should use the full path and not the '~' expansion.
> 
> Ahh I see I've overlooked some stuff.  
> 
> Trying your formula a connection is made so I see now that the url
> scheme is supported by yum.  However I still get a failed to change
> dir ftp error.
> 
> In this scheme:
>  ftp://reader:xxxxx@reader.local.net0/home/reader/no_bak/fedraw
>   (password obfuscated for mailing)
> `fedraw' is actually a symlink to /mnt/pack/fedraw (Which is also 
> chowned reader:reader)
> 
> But I see from yum output that the address worked or at least the
> address was seen correctly:
> 
>    yum list updates
>   Yum Version: 2.1.3
>   COMMAND: yum list updates 
>   Installroot: /
>   Reading Local RPMDB
>   Setting up Repo:  development
>   Baseurl(s) for repo: ['ftp://reader:xxxxx7@reader.local.net0/home/reader/no_bak/fedraw']
>   repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] 550 Failed to change directory.
>   Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: development
>   [...]
> 
> So I thought maybe it was because of the symlink
> But..
> This scheme:
>    ftp://reader:xxxxxx@reader.local.net0/mnt/pack/fedraw
> 
> Gets the same ftp error.
> 
>   yum list updates
>   Yum Version: 2.1.3
>   COMMAND: yum list updates 
>   Installroot: /
>   Reading Local RPMDB
>   Setting up Repo:  development
>   Baseurl(s) for repo: ['ftp://reader:xxxxxx@reader.local.net0/mnt/pack/fedraw']
>   repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] 550 Failed to change directory.
>   Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: development
>   failure: repodata/repomd.xml from development: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to tr
> 
> I'm a little gun shy now calling this a yum problem.  Do you see
> further bumbling on my part?

I will bet it is not a yum problem. The easiest way I have found to
troubleshoot this type of problem is to use a web browser to connect to your
repo. If that does not work neither will yum. OTOH if the web browser can
browse the repodata directory then yum should work. It would appear you have
some kind of permission problem.

Tom