Posts made by Rusty

Rusty

I had this issue too
I ran ./installfog.sh -K to fix it
I am running CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511

Rusty

Rusty

@MRCUR That is good to know ! Ill be trying that as soon as I get the chance. Ill post my results here (of course)

Rusty

@Wayne-Workman This is still the best guide I have found so far. Details on setting up the unattend.xml are very limited but hopefully its basically the same as for windows 7. I’m just doing some trials at the moment.

Rusty

@george1421 Thanks! FYI Strangely this Win10 install has now deleted its own Administrator account so now it won’t get past the login screen! If I find out anything more of interest should I keep posting it here ?

Rusty

@Tom-Elliott I never implied FOG did anything, just asking for help. Since people here are quite likely to use audit mode in windows 10 for purposes of installing FOG etc, I figured it was an appropriate question. Sorry I didn’t realize that “Windows Problems” not caused by FOG were not welcome.

@george1421 Yes correct, maybe its just this instance or something, but not being able to run updates from CMD seems strange.

Rusty

This issue seems similiar to https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6431/cortana-windows-search-breaks-in-default-profile

Installed into VMWare Workstation
I enter audit mode during installation and in windows the start menu and search doesn’t work.
Tried installing VMWare tools which was successful but didn’t help
I tried running windows update from CMD and nothing happened.
Any clue ?

Rusty

Adding local accounts and domain accounts to the unattend file is straight forward. However I am having trouble giving a domain account local administrator rights.
I can add domain username as a local user account in Administrators group, but its not quite right, the Domain needs to be set to the Domain, not the local computer name
Doing it manually to each computer is obviously not desirable

<UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Description>LocalAdministrator</Description>
                        <DisplayName>Administrator</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>Administrator</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <Description>Production local admin</Description>
                        <DisplayName>Production</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>Production</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Description>Bobs account</Description>
                        <DisplayName>bob.smith</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>bob.smith</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>UgBlAGQARABvAGcANwBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <Description>temp</Description>
                        <DisplayName>temp</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>temp</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
                <DomainAccounts>
                    <DomainAccountList wcm:action="add">
                        <DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
                            <Group>Administrators</Group>
                            <Name>bob.smith</Name>
                        </DomainAccount>
                        <DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
                            <Group>Administrators</Group>
                            <Name>production</Name>
                        </DomainAccount>
                        <Domain>elexon</Domain>
                    </DomainAccountList>
                </DomainAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>```

Rusty

@Jbob ah ok. I’m slowly figuring out how this works.
Solved and Thanks !

Rusty

@Jbob No its not, but I am just trying to get the exe to run. There are arguments to make it silent but I’m just trying to get it working first

Rusty

Some more strange behaviour before and after reboots… This seems to keep repeating itself
After a reboot, fog.log shows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------SnapinClient---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM Client-Info Version: 0.9.10
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient Running...
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/servicemodule-active.php?moduleid=snapinclient&mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM Middleware::Communication Response: Success
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM Middleware::Communication Response: Success
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient Snapin Found:
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient     ID: 32
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient     RunWith: 
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient     RunWithArgs: 
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient     Name: Word Viewer
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient     File: wordview_en-us.exe
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient     Created: 2016-01-12 01:29:29
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient     Args: 
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM SnapinClient     Reboot: 0
 1/12/2016 12:49 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.file.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&taskid=32
 1/12/2016 12:50 PM Bus {
  "channel": "Notification",
  "data": "{\r\n  \"title\": \"Word Viewer\",\r\n  \"message\": \"FOG is installing Word Viewer\",\r\n  \"duration\": 10\r\n}"
}
 1/12/2016 12:50 PM Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
 1/12/2016 12:50 PM SnapinClient Starting snapin...
 1/12/2016 12:50 PM Bus Registering ParseBus in channel Power
 1/12/2016 12:50 PM Bus Became bus client
 1/12/2016 12:50 PM Bus Registering OnNotification in channel Notification
 1/12/2016 12:50 PM Bus Registering OnUpdate in channel Update   "<<<<<--- GETS STUCK HERE ---<<<<<<<<<"
 1/12/2016 12:56 PM Bus Became bus server                                      "<<<<<--- AFTER REBOOT ---<<<<<<<<<"
 1/12/2016 12:56 PM Bus {
  "channel": "Status",
  "data": "{\r\n  \"action\": \"load\"\r\n}"
}
 1/12/2016 12:56 PM Bus Emmiting message on channel: Status

Rusty

@Jbob I removed “run with” for word viewer snapin and re ran it. Now it seems to crash…


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------SnapinClient---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Client-Info Version: 0.9.10
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient Running...
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/servicemodule-active.php?moduleid=snapinclient&mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Middleware::Communication Response: Success
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Middleware::Communication Response: Success
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient Snapin Found:
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient     ID: 32
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient     RunWith: 
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient     RunWithArgs: 
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient     Name: Word Viewer
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient     File: wordview_en-us.exe
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient     Created: 2016-01-12 01:29:29
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient     Args: 
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient     Reboot: 0
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.file.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&taskid=32
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Bus {
  "channel": "Notification",
  "data": "{\r\n  \"title\": \"Word Viewer\",\r\n  \"message\": \"FOG is installing Word Viewer\",\r\n  \"duration\": 10\r\n}"
}
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
 1/12/2016 12:30 PM SnapinClient Starting snapin...

And just seems stuck there…
Even after 15 minutes there are no more additions the fog.log

FOG says the task is still “In Progress”

0_1452563247260_fog snapin stuck.png

Rusty

@Kiweegie Thanks. I checked the /opt/fog/snapins directory and they had been deleted somewhow. How is this even possible?

@Jbob Thanks!

Rusty

I managed to get that particular snapin working. I have since been trying to get some .exe installers working (word viewer and the file format converters) without any luck.

After messing around with the snapins, I have somehow deleted the files in the /opt/fog/snapins/ directory ! Should this be possible? The snapins still exist and refer to the files but when I click on the link to add a file it no longer contains the .exe file (as per the fog/snapins/ directory)
All I really did was uncheck replicate option and mess with storage group settings.

Oh and I still can’t get these exe snapins to install.

Here is the log excerpt:

---------------------------------SnapinClient---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Client-Info Version: 0.9.10
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient Running...
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/servicemodule-active.php?moduleid=snapinclient&mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Middleware::Communication Response: Success
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Middleware::Communication Response: Success
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient Snapin Found:
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient     ID: 30
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient     RunWith: wordview_en-us.exe
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient     RunWithArgs: 
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient     Name: Word Viewer
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient     File: wordview_en-us.exe
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient     Created: 2016-01-11 07:09:11
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient     Args: 
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient     Reboot: 0
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.file.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&taskid=30
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Bus {
  "channel": "Notification",
  "data": "{\r\n  \"title\": \"Word Viewer\",\r\n  \"message\": \"FOG is installing Word Viewer\",\r\n  \"duration\": 10\r\n}"
}
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient Starting snapin...
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient ERROR: Could not start snapin
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM SnapinClient ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?taskid=30&exitcode=-1&mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/11/2016 6:10 PM Middleware::Communication Response: No snapins
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I created a test.bat file:

echo test
pause

and this snapin does not deploy either. Log:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------SnapinClient---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Client-Info Version: 0.9.10
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient Running...
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/servicemodule-active.php?moduleid=snapinclient&mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Middleware::Communication Response: Success
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Middleware::Communication Response: Success
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient Snapin Found:
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient     ID: 31
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient     RunWith: test.bat
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient     RunWithArgs: 
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient     Name: tester
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient     File: test.bat
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient     Created: 2016-01-11 07:20:48
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient     Args: 
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient     Reboot: 0
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.file.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&taskid=31
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Bus {
  "channel": "Notification",
  "data": "{\r\n  \"title\": \"tester\",\r\n  \"message\": \"FOG is installing tester\",\r\n  \"duration\": 10\r\n}"
}
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient Starting snapin...
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient ERROR: Could not start snapin
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM SnapinClient ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?taskid=31&exitcode=-1&mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://10.0.0.51/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?mac=00:26:5E:DE:6C:4B|00:22:FB:A0:33:B0|00:21:70:F5:CC:AF||00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0|00:00:00:00:00:00:00:E0&newService=1
 1/11/2016 6:22 PM Middleware::Communication Response: No snapins
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please help, this is driving me crazy

Rusty

Trying several times or clicking on “List All Hosts” again often allows it to work.

Rusty

Same issue still exists with version 5800.
I can’t cancel task with Firefox but tried Chrome and it cancelled instantly.

Rusty

I have tried creating basic snapin in run a printer driver installer (http://dymo-labelmanager-pc-ii.drivers.informer.com/download/14728)
Although these drivers could be installed as a driver pack (it seems to need more than just the .inf though, so it seems complex to me)
Can it be run with a snapin? If so can someone please help me to set it up?
I tried as per the screenshot, first I tried to include the driver with the snapin, it said it was running the snapin on the client but nothing happend. Then I tried with the switches shown in the screenshot as per msi section here: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Managing_FOG#Snap-ins

I also tried to create a new snapin just like the screen shot but without uploading the file but the snapin page always stopped responding, I couldnt even access fog with another webpage at that time, it seemed to lock up the server somehow.

0_1452044390043_snapin printer.png

Rusty

@Wayne-Workman Ahhh, I didn’t take the time to read the installer options properly, yeah it works when I use the IP address.
So now with DNS settings… Do I just add an entry like in the pic ? Is the change on the network pretty quick or do the changes need to be propagated somehow ?

Rusty

I have just added an entry to the DNS server too. I have no idea what I’m doing, is this correct ?
(I also don’t know if I need black out our domain)

0_1451864977978_DNS entry.png

Rusty

umm good question… How do I check that ?