Unable to install via FTP

[Richard Mayhew - Nashua Mobile Broadband Division]

Try

Tcpdump -n 'port 21 and port 20'

Or 

Tcpdump -n 'host IP.Address.Of.Remote.Host'
 

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mathew
Snyder
Sent: 14 November 2006 09:22 AM
To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: Unable to install via FTP

I did a 'tail -f xferlog' and it didn't indicate any connections or
transfers of data.

I don't really know how to use tcpdump.  I ran it and it was spitting
out every single packet seen.  How do I tell it to look only for ftp
packets?

Mathew

Richard Mayhew - Nashua Mobile Broadband Division wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does your FTP server log anything regarding this, if not, do you see 
> any traffic using a tcpdump to your host?
> 
> Regards
> Richard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mathew 
> Snyder
> Sent: 14 November 2006 09:05 AM
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Unable to install via FTP
> 
> No, not kickstart.  Just a standard installation over the network 
> using the RHEL 4 disc 1 as the boot medium.  It should plop me down 
> into a text-mode anaconda session where I can go through the steps I 
> would use if I were installing from the CD just using the FTP server 
> as the source for all the packages.
> 
> Mathew
> 
> Richard Mayhew - Nashua Mobile Broadband Division wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> You might need to be a little more specific in what you are doing. 
>> I'm
> 
>> gathering you are using a kickstart installation.
>> Could you perhaps paste your networking part of the kickstart config.
>>
>> Are you using a normal boot CD or a Kickstart boot CD?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Richard
>>  
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mathew 
>> Snyder
>> Sent: 14 November 2006 08:46 AM
>> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Unable to install via FTP
>>
>> I'm studying for the RHCT/E and have recently upgraded my testing 
>> server from RHEL3 to RHEL4.  I have the Redhat directory copied to 
>> /var/ftp/pub.  If I log in to ftp remotely I am successful and an ls 
>> lists pub.  If I change to pub I see Redhat.
>>
>> I have it configured to use anonymous logins.
>>
>> The problem arises when I attempt to perform an installation via FTP.
>> It used to be that if I couldn't establish a connection to the server

>> it would give me an error.  If it could connect but not find the 
>> necessary installation image it would tell me.  However now, it 
>> doesn't say anything.  It simply falls into an installation via CD 
>> asking me if I want to test the installation media.
>>
>> What am I missing?  Why is it not even bothering to connect to the 
>> FTP
> 
>> server and instead using local media?
>>
>> Mathew
>>
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