lftp upload

sycamorex · 04-23-2008, 04:53 PM

I'm trying to automate uploading certain files to my network storage (ftp account). That's not a problem once I've run lftp, however, I want to write a script that would do it. For example, when I finish editing a file, I'd like to run a script, which will upload it to my network storege without specifying the username/password, etc.
the address is 192.168.1.102, and it uses port 1979

I found out that I could use:

Code:

lftp -f script

script:

Quote:

user remoteusername remoteuserpassword
cd ftp://192.168.1.102:1979:/data/notes/
lcd /home/xtd8865/notes/
put -a file
exit

also tried

Quote:

user remoteusername@192.168.1.102:1979 remotepassword
cd /data/notes/
lcd /home/xtd8865/notes/
put -a file
exit

however both give me errors

Quote:

cd: Access failed: 550 Requested action not taken. (/data/notes)
put: Access failed: 550 Requested action not taken. (myfile)

Quote:

cd: Not connected
put: Not connected

respectively

any hints

thanks

rayfordj · 04-23-2008, 05:53 PM

i'll have to test some things to be more accurate so hopefully this will put you on the right path.

lftp honors settings in ~/.netrc
so you can define user/pass in there.
~/.netrc

Code:

machine <NAS> login <user> password <password>

(note: ~/.netrc needs -rw------- permissions [chmod 0600 ~/.netrc)

~/script.lftp

Code:

open <NAS>
cd /data/notes/
lcd /home/xtd8865/notes/
put -a file
quit

(if still having problems you could enable 'debug' in the lftp script so lftp is more verbose about its activities)

then test it

Code:

lftp -f ~/script.lftp

Hope this helps.

sycamorex · 04-24-2008, 01:14 PM

Thanks for your reply. I still got errors.

~/.netrc

Code:

machine 192.168.1.102:1979 login sycamorex password blahblahblah

script.lftp

Code:

debug
open 192.168.1.102:1979
cd /data/notes/
lcd /home/xtd8865/notes/
put -a  sshX
quit

Code:

$ lftp -f script.lftp 
---- Resolving host address...
---- 3 addresses found
---- Connecting to 192.168.1.102 (192.168.1.102) port 1979
<--- 220 NET Disk FTP Server ready.
---> FEAT
<--- 530 Not logged in.
---> USER anonymous
<--- 230 User logged in, proceed.
---> FEAT
<--- 211- Extension supported:
<---  PASV
<---  SIZE
<--- 211 END
---> PWD
<--- 257 "/" is current directory.
---> CWD /data/notes
<--- 550 Requested action not taken.         
cd: Access failed: 550 Requested action not taken. (/data/notes)
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,102,210,139).
---- Connecting data socket to (192.168.1.102) port 53899
---- Data connection established
---> ALLO 397
<--- 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
---> STOR sshX
<--- 550 Requested action not taken.
---- Closing data socket
put: Access failed: 550 Requested action not taken. (sshX)
---> QUIT
---- Closing control socket

sshX is the file I'm trying to transfer.

Then I thought perhaps there's something wrong with the directories, so I removed them from the 'script.lftp'

Code:

debug
open 192.168.1.102:1979
# cd /data/notes/
# lcd /home/xtd8865/notes/
put -a  sshX
quit

Code:

$ lftp -f script.lftp
---- Resolving host address...
---- 3 addresses found
---- Connecting to 192.168.1.102 (192.168.1.102) port 1979
<--- 220 NET Disk FTP Server ready.
---> FEAT
<--- 530 Not logged in.
---> USER anonymous
<--- 230 User logged in, proceed.
---> FEAT
<--- 211- Extension supported:
<---  PASV
<---  SIZE
<--- 211 END
---> PWD
<--- 257 "/" is current directory.
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,102,210,149).
---- Connecting data socket to (192.168.1.102) port 53909
---- Data connection established
---> ALLO 397
<--- 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
---> STOR sshX
<--- 550 Requested action not taken.
---- Closing data socket
put: Access failed: 550 Requested action not taken. (sshX)
---> QUIT
---- Closing control socket

There shouldn't be any problems with permissions on the NAS. When I:
lftp sycamorex@192.168.1.102:1979
Once I'm in, that's where I'd like to put the file:

Code:

$ pwd
ftp://sycamorex@192.168.1.102:1979/data/notes

Code:

lftp sycamorex@192.168.1.102:/data/notes> put -a sshX
406 bytes transferred

As you can see I can upload without any problems.

any hints?

Edit: I don't think it matters but it's Fedora 9 beta, lftp has already been installed by default (or has been installed by me via yum)

rayfordj · 04-24-2008, 03:54 PM

did you set the permissions to 0600 for ~/.netrc
chmod 0600 ~/.netrc
if the permissions are not 0600 (if group or other have any permission bit set at all) then ~/.netrc is ignored for "security" reasons.

from the debug, it looks like lftp is attempting anonymous login (probably due to permission not being 0600 on ~/.netrc).

sycamorex · 04-24-2008, 04:02 PM

yes, I did it

Code:

[xtd8865@fedlappy ~]$ ls -al | grep .netrc 
-rw-------  1 xtd8865 xtd8865      64 2008-04-24 19:46 .netrc

I also copied .netrc to .lftp/ (just in case) but still the same error

rayfordj · 04-24-2008, 04:35 PM

i'll see what i can find and get back to you shortly.
i think it may have to do with the port specification...

Edit 1
try this in your script

/tmp/script.lftp

Code:

debug
open -u <user>,<pass> -p 1979 <nas>
cd /data/notes/
lcd /home/xtd8865/notes/
put -a  sshX
quit

Code:

lftp -f /tmp/script.lftp

sycamorex · 04-24-2008, 04:50 PM

I also added:
account mypassword
to .netrc, no effect though.

What's that bit, anyway:

Quote:

<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,102,211,160).
---- Connecting data socket to (192.168.1.102) port 54176

211, 160?
the address is 192.168.1.102

port 54176?
what does it do with this port?

sycamorex · 04-24-2008, 04:55 PM

thanks, I just saw your reply
It's getting better

Code:

[xtd8865@fedlappy notes]$ lftp -f script.lftp 
---- Resolving host address...
---- 3 addresses found                            
---- Connecting to 192.168.1.102 (192.168.1.102) port 1979
<--- 220 NET Disk FTP Server ready.
---> FEAT
<--- 530 Not logged in.
---> AUTH TLS
<--- 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
---> USER sycamorex
<--- 331 User name okay, need password.
---> PASS blahblahblah
<--- 230 User logged in, proceed.
---> FEAT
<--- 211- Extension supported:
<---  PASV
<---  SIZE
<--- 211 END
---> PWD
<--- 257 "/" is current directory.
---> CWD /data/notes
<--- 250 Requested file action okay, completed.
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,102,211,190).
---- Connecting data socket to (192.168.1.102) port 54206
---- Data connection established
---> ALLO 397
<--- 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
---> STOR sshX
<--- 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for sshX.
---- Closing data socket
<--- 226 Closing data connection.                 
---> QUIT
---- Closing control socket

now it logs in properly.

sycamorex · 04-24-2008, 05:00 PM

update:
I saw the errors above so I thought it failed, but it has actually uploaded the file.

thanks for your help

rayfordj · 04-24-2008, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

I also added:
account mypassword
to .netrc, no effect though.

What's that bit, anyway:

211, 160?
the address is 192.168.1.102

port 54176?
what does it do with this port?

This is how passive port is negotiated to connect to.

(first number * 256) plus second number

211*256=54016
54016+160=54176

means, connect to my IP on 54176; i'll be waiting.
(short version)

Edit 1
Glad we finally got it worked out.