Topics created by mrwb

Sometimes you just feel a little slow on the uptake. I put the pieces together and realized something. In the wiki entry on using FOG with FreeNAS, the instruction is to create 2 separate datasets --> images and images/dev. This is what sets up the different mount points that gives a problem with ftp in FreeNAS.

I deleted the 2nd dataset from FreeNAS and then went into the shell in FreeNAS to recreate the dev directory under images. I recreated the .mntcheck file and set the permissions for the FOG user. The rename of a directory from the windows ftp client now works to rename from images/dev/test to images/test so now the FOG image should work.

Would someone please update the wiki to not create 2 datasets, please?

it sounds to me like this might need the same fix that is used for hyper-v virtual machines, disabling certain console features loaded in the ipxe boot menu

If you run the system in debug mode. What this means, is setup the task you’re trying to perform as a Download Debug Task (under advanced options) or Upload Debug.

On the client, the file should be under /tmp/status.fog

It’s just a text file, but it’s main purpose is to store the errors thrown from partimage. There are common thrown errors with is what the progress reads/gets its data from.

Thanks for the quick reply. The wired / wireless was the initial problem until I approved the pending MAC. After approving the pending MAC I did get a couple of entries written to the database for the laptop over the wireless connection. I can see in the fog.log that it is using the MAC of the wireless adapter and finding the host entry. The problem is in the login history that is supposed to be kept for upload if the computer is offline.

From [url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Managing_FOG#Functions_and_Operation[/url]
[QUOTE]User Tracker
This module attempts to track user access to the host computer by the Windows user name. It attempts to track logins and logoffs as well as well as the state of the computer at service startup. The service will even attempt to track users when they are not on the network by writing all entries to a journal file, then replying the journal the next time the client is on the network.
There are no configuration settings for this module.[/QUOTE]

Where is the journal file kept? If it is not being created, how do I troubleshoot? Why did it not upload when I did connect since I now know that other entries were created once I was online?