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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:29:02 -0800, Don Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recommendation for [EMAIL PROTECTED] : install another ftp option rather > than gssftp and tftp, such > as vsftpd. > > Details for anyone who is interested: > > I posted a week or so ago about how we had 3 polycom phones that were > not updating their bootroms via the ftp server. I was using gssftp > rather than tftp as it is recommended not to use tftp with polycom > phones on the wiki. Gssftp is the alternative supplied on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Anyway, I got kerberos authentication errors with gssftp and could not > connect when I ftp'd by hand. I fixed this by changing the line: > server_args = -l -a > to > server_args = -l > in the /etc/xinetd.d/gssftp file. > > I still got kerberos errors when ftping in by hand, but I could put and > get files no problem, there was only the errors on log in. The phones > were able to connect and upload their log files so I assumed that ftp > access was working. > > Anyway, after wasting a lot of time trying to get support through > Polycom, and playing around with things, I finally decided that maybe > these error messages were causing a problem for the phones. > > I googled around on these errors and "gssftp" and I did not find much > joy. I couldn't find a definitive list of what possibilities go into > "server_args" and kerberos seems rather arcane even for someone who has > been a Linux user for 12 years like me. (I guess I just moved from the > "unsecure" days of Linux directly to the "ssh" days of Linux and > bypassed the kerberos era.) > > Anyway, the one thing I found by googling was that a lot of people have > the same problem I have. I could not find anyone saying "to fix that, > do this configuration to gssftp". Instead I found a lot of people > saying "to fix that, install a nicer ftp like vsftpd". So, I did. And > the phones worked immediately... just reboot and they could get their > configurations and bootrom updates and I was off to the races. > > So... mucking around with gssftp wasted a lot of my time and now I > really really hate it :) My asterisk box is sitting pretty behind a > firewall so I don't have a lot of need for network security. With > vsftpd I still get a funny kerberos message (I'm wondering if I can just > uninstall kerberos because I really don't want to have anything to do > with it... any comments?) Here is what I get when I ftp to my asterisk > box from the commandline: > > 220 (vsFTPd 1.2.1) > 530 Please login with USER and PASS. > 530 Please login with USER and PASS. > KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type > > Anyway, I just thought this would be a good place to throw the idea out > of using a different ftp option for Asterisk. There is an vsftpd RPM in > the CentOS distribution. Also, thought I would report on this so that > if anyone has the same errors they might have a chance of finding this > post and following the same steps. > > Don > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Andrew Latham http://www.lathama.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] If any of the above are not working, we have bigger problems than my email. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
