TinyPortal

When you say Upload and install. Its that easy., did you mean:

• unpack zip file into SMF directory and run install.php or
• use install package procedure?

I am having problem to install it through package installation. It brings me to chmod issue and then ftp stuff which I do not know how. G6 made premade install for SMF1.1.1. It there something similar available?

My system info: Fedora C6 with LAMP

Thank you and looking forward hearing from you.

Jimmy

I think he means that you upload the zip file in the packagemanager and then click the install button.
If it leads you to the ftp part, fill in your FTP account there.
FTP URL = ftp.yoursite.com or what you might have)
FTP USername =
FTP Password =
And the path to your forum folder.

That will make the changes needed for the files during the install.

G6,

Thank you for the info. Do you happen to know how to set up vsftp on Fedora C6, or source of information? I installed vsftp but do not know how to configure to meet the demand of SMF usage.

Jimmy

Thats over my head im affraid, but i think you might get a good answer on it if you ask in the Server and Host childboard called windows

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?board=69.0

Ray have worked pretty hard on a linux setup, and IchBin and Thurnok do know their way in that, so hopefull one of them will help you out.

If you look in the newest post made in that forum, both Ray and IchBin have posted links to websites where they have exellent description on running diffrent linux servers :)

All of the configuration options are located in the config file for vsftp. Thats the same FTP server I use on my server. The file usually is located in the /etc/vsftpd directory. Its pretty well documented and explains things pretty good.

Do you mind to drop lines that will meet SMF and TP needs.

Thank you.

It should work right out of the box. What problem are you having?

Quote from: IchBinâ„¢ on March 12, 2007, 08:35:24 PM
It should work right out of the box. What problem are you having?

I found
a. http://netadmintools.com/part355.html and
b. http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=122931.0

I followed a. whatever I do: get

[root@localhost vsftpd]# ftp localhost
ftp: localhost: unknown host
ftp>

Is the service started?

I checked and it is started. Also, otherwise I won't see ftp>

Quote from: IchBinâ„¢ on March 13, 2007, 03:17:07 AM
Is the service started?

Actually ftp> is the client connect tool.

ps aux | grep ftp should bring up any process that has the word ftp in it. If you don't have local host, then you don't have it setup properly or the service isn't running. Fedora's forums have great tutorials, I'll see if I can't find one for you.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=318642&postcount=5 see if that helps.

I followed everything said in the link and still without luck. Please continue help me on the issue if you can and I really appreciate. The reason: I am afraid that download/upload features might use it. Also, just becaue of ftp, I am working on smf- g2 integration and having the same problem.

Thank you.

If you want help, you have to help me help you. Honestly though, you're better off getting help at a site with an actual linux guru.

What are you having a problem with? What errors are you getting? Are you running this on a seperate machine or on your desktop that you're using?

I am sorry as this may go forever. I will try my best to bring to you the info that I think is relevant. Here is the line that I got:

[root@localhost vsftpd]# ftp localhost
ftp: localhost: unknown host
ftp>

The other information might be useful. I use a free domain name from www.dyndns.org and they provide free service to match my IP. Does ftp need more than this, i.e., some kind of portforwarding?

BTW: I wish that the download feature in TP does not require ftp server. Otherwise I will be continuous huanted by this issue.

Thank you again.

Jimmy

Can you post your vsftpd.conf here please?

Thank you for not giving up me. I will post it when I get home tonight.

Jimmy

I followed this: http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch15_:_Linux_FTP_Server_Setup

Hold: ftp 192.168.1.101 works, but ftp localhost does not work and I am working on the issue.
and now ftp works. However, I got an error message when using the ftp from plugin interface:
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/ftp-docs
What I did was:
1. add ftp-users group
2. mkdir /home/ftp-docs
3. chmod 766 /home/ftp-docs (chmod 777 does not work either.)
4. useradd -g ftp-users -d  to /home/ftp-docs user1
5. passwd user1

I feel like that I am close to there.

Quote from: IchBinâ„¢ on March 15, 2007, 06:34:44 PM
Can you post your vsftpd.conf here please?

You have to have the user directory named the same as the username AFAIK. useradd ftp-docs and then passwd useradd

It doesn't really matter the group unless you start specifying in the conf file. Keeping the user chrooted in their own home directory is how I did it.

Here what I got from shell:
[root@localhost vsftpd]# ftp 127.0.0.1
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (127.0.0.1:root): twj
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd /var/www/html
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp>
No problems in changing directory.

However, in SMF, I still get:

Quote550 Failed to change directory.

sometimes you have to put in the path differently. Try things like ./ or the full path /home/username/path/to/forum. It all depends on your path.