[CSI] Community Software Installer 2.7.2 ** UPDATED DEC 28th **

[ronq01]

(02-26-2011 07:47 PM)tkenn1s Wrote:  YES !!! I found a solution that worked for me ... perhaps it'll work for others.

The only thing you really need to do is update pure-ftpd. But, I couldn't find any updates for just the ftp daemon. Many thanks to user dc11ab for pointing me to Linux Terminal Utilities here. LTU contains a bunch of really good stuff; including a replacement pure-ftpd application.

The package is meant to be installed using CSI. But, since CSI doesn't work, you'll have to install it by hand; which is not as difficult as it seems. To install manually, follow these steps:

1. Download LTU from the link above
2. Put the .zip file onto a USB thumbdrive and insert it into the PCH (or; you can copy to your PCH via samba)
3. Telnet to your PCH; from this point on, all commands should be performed on the PCH unless otherwise mentioned
4. Create the final resting spot for LTU
   
   Code:
   

   # mkdir -p /share/Apps/LTU
5. Move to the LTU directory
   
   Code:
   

   # cd /share/Apps/LTU
6. Unpack the LTU archive (you have to unpack two different archives); adjust the pathname to the .zip file according to how you copied it to your PCH
   
   Code:
   

   # unzip /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/USB_DRIVE_B-1/csi_ltu_pch_x200_v073.zip
# tar xf LTU.tar
7. Now, we finally configure LTU and update pure-ftpd
   
   Code:
   

   # ./appsetup.sh install
8. (Optional) If you want to update your system with the rest of the LTU goodness (e.g. updated commands, new telnetd, etc...), you'll want to finish the configuraiton
   
   Code:
   

   # ./appscript.sh start
   After a short while, your telnet session may die (it did for me). This is perfectly normal as the 'start' script will replace the telnet daemon (which you're in the process of using) with the new one. Wait a little while (maybe 2 or 3 minutes) and just reboot (i.e. unplug it) your PCH. When the system comes back up, you'll have new daemons running. Be aware that your telnet login will have changed. The default login/password is root/1234. You can change that by editing the file /share/Apps/LTU/configure.
9. (Optional) Let CSI know that LTU is an installed package.
   
   Code:
   

   # touch .installed

I'm sure Ger will correct me for any mistakes I might have made. But, this worked for me and I can now install applications through CSI. Hope it works for you.

I upgraded my firmware to the latest level. This gave me telnet.

I followed all nine steps precisely by copying the commands and pasting into the telnet window. Although everything seemed to go ok, my FTP problem remains.

However, before I return my unit for service, I need to make sure that the LTU package installed correctly. According to your instructions, I was expecting my telnet login to change. Before installing LTU, telnet did not require me to provide a userid and password. After the LTU intall, I was expecting to have to enter root/1234, but it came up the same as before.

So I looked into the /nmt/apps/bin directory and here's part of what I see:

500 95008 Mar 15 2009 pure-ftpd
root 108880 Mar 6 17:51 pure-ftpd.new
500 27640 Mar 15 2009 pure-pw
root 27928 Mar 6 17:51 pure-pw.new
root 545188 Mar 6 16:20 transmission-daemon
500 5435634 Mar 15 2010 transmission-remote

Now I'm not a shell script programmer, but appscript.sh looks like it copies, for example, pure-ftpd.new into pure-ftpd. That has not happened.

But running appscript.sh (Step 8) was optional, so I should have had the latest pure-ftpd even if Step 8 failed.

So I executed the command "/nmt/apps/bin/pure-ftpd -h".
The output included the line "pure-ftpd v1.0.21", but I'm still not sure if I'm in the correct directory to do this check.

Can you tell me how to verify that I have correctly upgraded pure-ftpd?