I second that. Thanks for the good work. robert > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Don Murray > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:29 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] [EMAIL PROTECTED], gssftp and polycom report > > > 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 >
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