SPD8020 fvdw-sl firmware version 10-1 FTP

[Fille]

Dear,

When i try to use an external HD (FAT32 or NTFS) through login to FTP with it's Public Share User i get the following error:

192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): FTP session opened.
Nov 24 20:52:21 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1350] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): notice: unable to use '~/' [resolved to '/share//mnt/medion_1/medion_1/']: No such file or directory
Nov 24 20:52:21 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1350] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): Preparing to chroot to directory '~/'
Nov 24 20:52:21 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1350] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): chroot to '~/' failed for user 'medion_1': Operation not permitted
Nov 24 20:52:21 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1350] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): error: unable to set default root directory
Nov 24 20:52:21 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1350] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): FTP session closed.

Look at the double / after /share ;)

Thanx for the good work and greetings!
Filip from Belgium

[Jocko]

Hi Fille,

It is difficult to answer directly without further details.

But, It appears that your external drive is not properly mounted. You should have:

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/share/1000/medion_1
The mountpoint (/mnt/medion_1/) must be replicated in the directory /share/1000

Very strange this mountpoint "/mnt/medion_1/medion_1/"


Check this with the command "mount" (in the Putty terminal)

If I understand your configuration, you have set the external share like a protected public share ?

What happens it if you set this share like a private share or public share ?

[Fille]

Dear Jocko,

mount gives: see attachment
The mounted external partition is mounted and usable through SSH.

FTP File Share Management setting for external NTFS-disk partition1 with label Medion: see attachment

USB Disk Setup: see attachment

FTP Log file:

Dec 01 18:52:35 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1053] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): FTP session opened.
Dec 01 18:52:35 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1053] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): notice: unable to use '~/' [resolved to '/share//mnt/medion_1/medion_1/']: No such file or directory
Dec 01 18:52:35 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1053] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): Preparing to chroot to directory '~/'
Dec 01 18:52:35 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1053] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): chroot to '~/' failed for user 'medion_1': Operation not permitted
Dec 01 18:52:35 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1053] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): error: unable to set default root directory
Dec 01 18:52:35 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1053] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): FTP session closed.
Dec 01 18:52:47 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1066] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): FTP session opened.
Dec 01 18:52:47 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1066] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): notice: unable to use '~/' [resolved to '/share//mnt/medion_1/medion_1/']: No such file or directory
Dec 01 18:52:47 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1066] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): Preparing to chroot to directory '~/'
Dec 01 18:52:47 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1066] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): chroot to '~/' failed for user 'medion_1': Operation not permitted
Dec 01 18:52:47 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1066] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): error: unable to set default root directory
Dec 01 18:52:47 SPD8020-7EBD2B.local proftpd[1066] 127.0.0.1 (192.168.1.20[192.168.1.20]): FTP session closed.

Thanx for your investigation ! :)

Greetings,

Filip.

[Jocko]

Good evening Fille,

I did some tests at home and unfortunately (or fortunately?). This is not a malfunction of your SPD8020. ;)

This is a firmware bug that I had found several months ago but I forgot to correct it ...

The firmware doesn't manage the case of an external public share and protected by a password.
When this option is enabled, the firmware creates a user with a name same as the share with a home directory build as follows:
"share/mountpoint/sharename"

As the mountpoint is "/mnt/medion_1" for an external drive. So you have "/share//mnt/medion_1/medion_1" instead of "share/1000/medion_1" :oops:

This bug will be fixed in the next version.

In the meantime, you can
- Create a user account (note: choose a name different of sharename !).
- Define the external like a private share and authorized access only to this user account.

Then, you get a comparable feature. :)

Sorry for this inconvenient

[Fille]

Good evening Jocko,

Thanks for the super quick reply.

It's not a big problem for me at all since i now mount my dev/sdb1 in/on a directory in the normal default public share which is working with FTP, that works fine!

Greetings and until later,

Filip.