Can't capture image, looks like permissions, but can't see how it could be
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Lets first talk about what is going on behind the screen here.
When you capture an image with FOG, it uploads the image to /images/dev/<mac_address>. Once the capture is complete the target computer logs into the FOG server over the FTP protocol and requests the /images/dev/<mac_address> directory to be moved to /images/<image_name> using the linux service account called
fogThis is the point at which your image capture is failing.The linux user
fogneeds to have Read/Write/Execute permissions to the /images and /images/dev directories for this transfer to happen. So I would start there to ensure that thefoguser can do what is needed. -
@ENorum Follow George’s instructions plus you might want to checkout this: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_FTP
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So went through and checked permissions on all of those folders, they were good.
Went through the FTP troubleshooting article, found that the FTP service was misconfigured, I was able to connect and authenticate, but not able to send files to the server. Found the vsftpd.conf had a line that we needed that was commented out:
Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command
write-enable=YESSo fixed that, so now I’m able to connect, authenticate and send files to all of those directories.
However, fog still fails with the same error message.
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@enorum said in Can't capture image, looks like permissions, but can't see how it could be:
So fixed that, so now I’m able to connect, authenticate and send files to all of those directories.
You mean using a FTP client software? Please try creating files (upload), creating a directory, moving and deleting files… see if all possible file/dir operations work using a standard FTP client.
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@sebastian-roth Sorry, yes, using an FTP client.
And yes, I can perform all of those actions using the FTP client.
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@ENorum I suppose I should have explained more clearly on what to test using the FTP client. What FOG does at this stage is move the just uploaded image from
/images/dev/<MACADDRESS>to/images/<IMAGENAME>. So please try moving a directory like described above (same locations in the filesystem). I doubt this will work.Please post what you get when running
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Yeah, sorry. Not really familiar with Linux. I was able to move files and folders around in those folders.
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@ENorum Maybe there is just not enough space on disk?? Run
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Had that problem, moved the server and added more diskspace 6 months ago.
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@ENorum Well then, I have to admit, I am out of ideas for now. But I am sure others here in the forum have new ideas.
I am still wondering why this is working properly using a FTP client. Could you take a picture of when you move a directory (including files) from
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Just for something abstract, is 10.2.0.87 your FOG master node server?
Oh, what the hell is that?? image name =v2Office365-SymFix/18 Why is that forward slash ( / ) in the file name? What you have done is allowed in FOG, but I don’t think that is what you really intended here. By putting the forward slash in there FOG will look for a directory called v2Office365-SymFix and place the image in a image directory named 18 This allows for grouping of like Images. If this isn’t what you intended, replace the forward slash with something other than a special character.
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@george1421 Awesome man! We had this before and I remember noticing it after staring at the error pic long enough… but not this time. Great you found it!!!
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Ok, fixed that and capturing a new image now, but I have to head home for the day. I’ll update tomorrow, but I bet that’s it.
Awsome guys, thank you. Especially you Sebastian for wracking your brain over it!
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That did it! Thank you guys!
