Description of problem: I wanted to play with ftp installs so I set up an RH9 ftp server with the RedHat directory in /var/www/html (I am also playing with http installs). I then set up a user with that directory as its home. /etc/passwd entry: install:x:501:501::/var/www/html:/bin/bash I turned off the firewall and enabled ftp and confirmed that I could ftp to the account and retrieve files from the system that I was going to reinstall. (note that the user was NOT set up to chroot to the home directory) I booted a boot floppy, chose linux text and an ftp install, loaded the driver disk and entered the following ftp information: server: 192.168.1.100 directory: /var/www/html non-anonymous ftp: user - install password - install the installer was able to successfully retrieve netstg2.img, but later (when "Reading Package Information") fails when trying to retrieve hdlist with: IOError ftp error occurred getting ftp://install:%69%6e%73%74%61%6c% 6c.1.100/var/wwww/html/RedHat/base/hdlist: 550 Failed to change directory. Using ethereal I was able to determine that the netstg2.img file was being retrieved using one method (an absolute URL built from the directory entered). The ftp requests were: USER install PASS install TYPE I PASV RETR /var/www/html/RedHat/base/netstg2.img but that when hdlist was being retrieved the program tries to first step through directories using relative commands which fail because the user's home diretory is within the path that was specified and not at the root of that path (i.e. when install logs in, the current directory is /var/www/html). The ftp requests in this case were: USER install PASS install CWD var The CWD fails with 550 because there is no /var/www/html/var directory. If I change installs home directory to be the root dir (/) then everything works fine. I assume that if I set up a chrooted environment with the root as the user's home that it would work properly as well. This may just be a restriction which should be documented. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RH9 Retail CD / boot disk images How reproducible: Every Time Steps to Reproduce: 1. set up an ftp server with RedHat in /var/www/html/RedHat 2. Set up a user with /var/www/html as its home 3. Set up ftp to allow that user to log in 4. boot install disk on client - only tested in "linux text" mode 5. Perform an ftp install using a non-anonymous user (the one in step 2) 6. Watch it fail when it attempts to read packages Actual results: Install fails out - unable to read hdlist for package information Expected results: Install should have completed normally. Additional info:
Fixed in CVS, update disk at http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/9-updates.img should have the fix.