On a windows xp sp3 i cant install the “New FOG Client Service”. It finish with this error message :
Fog service setup wizard ended prematurely.
I’ve got the log of installation made with :
msiexec /i fogservice.msi /L*V “install.log”
may be i can paste it somewhere ?

Thanks for your help

It works if i dont use my own pxe, only my own dhcp server
then i think my configuration to use my own pxe server is no good.
But i cant find a way to configure it

@cml Hello,
in first i explain my configuration.

We’ve got our own PXE server (dhcp, tftp, pxe on linux server) configured like that

DHCP :
next-server 192.168.39.247;
filename “pxelinux.0”;
192.168.39.247 is the address of the dhcp server itself

TFTP :
i copy ipxe.krn /var/lib/tftpboot/fog directory and
i add to my pxelinux conf this line :
LABEL FOG_ETUDIANTS
MENU LABEL Clonage de postes avec FOG pour les postes ETUDIANTS
KERNEL fog/ipxe.krn
APPEND dhcp && chain http://192.168.39.243/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac}
192.168.39.243 is the address of the fog server.
Then we dont use the dhcp of the fog server.
After that everything i test on a client windows works fine.

Then i try on other client windows :
NEC ML470 with this network card : 82566DM-2 : FAILED ( “sending discover” loop)
DELL OPTIPLEX 760 with this network card : 82567LM-3 : FAILED ( “sending discover” loop)

During the pxe boot, the client get an ip address from our dhcp server, it seems that it loose this address after.
I try resetting the BIOS default without success
I upgraded bios without success
What do you mean by " What switching do you use? "

Thanks for your help

Hello,

I’m using fog svn 4050 and i’ve no problem with other machine

I’ve got a problem with an old machine that i try to inventory or capture…
It’s a NEC ML470 with only this network card : 82566DM-2

Each time i try to boot on PXE i’ve got, in first, this error message : “bios bug #0[00000031]” found
and the after that i’ve got this loop message “sending discover”
I cant understand what happen

On the same machine (windows xp) i cant install the new client
Installation works fine but at the end without error message nothing is installed in program file

Someone to help me ?

Thanks

@Tom-Elliott Hello, Is it planned to correct the problem concerning specials characters in the domain administrator password ? Or do i have to use a password without special characters ?

I’ve got another little problem, on the host page : i’ve got “No response” with an exclamation point in a red circle as fog didnt see the host .
Nevertheless i can see the host add snapins etc…
Thanks for your help

For informations, for each tests i make on fog (installation, download, upload, samba domain, snapins…), i write a little (french) procedure, are you interested by that ?
Thanks again

@Tom-Elliott As i said just before it seems that the problem come from an apostrophe into the domain administrator password, it works if i use an other domain admin test without apostrophe .
Is it a bug ?

@Tom-Elliott
Here is what i’ve donne

cd /home
mkdir svn
cd svn
svn checkout https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk
at the end i’ve got this information : Révision 4048 extraite.
cd /home/svn/trunk/bin
./installfog.sh

At the end of installation i’ve got this message :
You still need to install/update your database schema.
This can be done by opening a web browser and going to:

  http://192.168.39.243/fog/management

Press [Enter] key when database is updated/installed.

On the serveur fog is installed in /var/fog

I go on the web page, and in the cloud : 4738

To update (run svn up) i’ve got to go into /home/svn/trunk then ?

For the snapins problem it works fine

Just in the hosts list, for my machine test, i’ve got “No response” with an exclamtion point in a red circle
as fog didnt see the host .
Nevertheless i can see the host add snapins etc…

Then thanks again for your help and for this great application

@Tom-Elliott i’m going to make a new install with the good path and i come back to tell you.
But i’ve got the same problem than robza about loop reboot with snapins task

@robza Same problem here
In fact i havent same version … idont really understand versionning
when i do svn up it says 4044
And on fog, in the cloud at the top of the page it says 4700

@ch3i YESSSS it works with a password without apostrophe
May be it could be possible to correct the client to make possible the utilization of specials characters in the password ?

Thanks for your help

@Tom-Elliott Is it possible that the problem comes from an apostrophe in the password of the Samba domain administrator?

@Tom-Elliott
To summarize i use a trunk version of fog : In th e litle cloud at the top of the page : 4700
I use the “new client”
I’m sure of my user wich is able to join windows client into samba domain.
I can join my windows machine test manually and with powershell script
On the “Active Directory” Host configuration i dont use the “Domain Password Legacy” field only the “Domain Password”.
Here is how i do :
Join Domain after image task “checked”
Domain name “samba_domain”
Organizational Unit “blanck”
Domain Username administrateur
Domain Password : contain this " ’ "
i’ve got this error message :
HostnameChanger Logon failure: unknown username or bad password, code = 1326

I didnt configure anything else on fog server

Thanks for your help

@Tom-Elliott sorry i made some tests with the legacy client and some with the new one.
Actually i try with the new client

@Tom-Elliott May be the problem is because i’ve got some specials caracters into the password ?

@Uncle-Frank
i made some tests this morning without success and i’ve got that in the fog.log file :
HostnameChanger Checking Hostname
HostnameChanger Hostname is correct
HostnameChanger Registering host with active directory
HostnameChanger Logon failure: unknown username or bad password, code = 1326
HostnameChanger Activing host with product key

But i can integrate manually the windows 7 client
Could you help me ?
What client version are you using?
Thanks

@Uncle-Frank said:

@plegrand said:

Does samba integration is made automaticcaly without snapin ?

Yes! I guess you’ve setup samba kind of like this using smbldap-tools and all the rest
Hello,
i’m using samba with ldap without smbldap-tools but i think it’s not a problem.
I can integrate the windows client manually without problem
Can you explain me what fields you use in the “Active directory” configuration?

Domain name
Organizational Unit
Domain Username
Domain Password
Domain Password Legacy

Thanks for your help

@Uncle-Frank said:

We use samba without AD (but LDAP!) and domain joining is done via FOG client (Win7/10) without trouble! As Tom said: Domain does not have to be Active Directory…

I’m using samba also with ldap and i’m very interesting . Could you explain me the way you use ?
Does samba integration is made automaticcaly without snapin ?
Thanks for your answer

@Tom-Elliott said:

Have you Tried doing it “natively”?

I made a test without success but i’ll try again on monday

@Joseph-Hales said:

If you can write a script to join samba then you could get the same functionality with a snapin.

It’s a good idea, i already use a script after symantec ghost clonage.
But it would be nicer if fog could do that "natively.
But i keep the idea

@Tom-Elliott said:

I don’t know, never tried to be honest.

Hmm just a question does rename and integration are launched Indifferently after capture or deploy or only after deploy?