EasyMOD alpha3 v0.0.10a released

Nuttzy99 · Post by **Nuttzy99** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:40 pm

@Support Team: I've updated the Mini FAQ with some new items. Please see if anything is missing. The latest thing regarding "localhost" is not there yet b/c I'm still testing.

-Nuttzy

Nuttzy99 · Post by **Nuttzy99** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:47 pm

(I have PM'd these folks to grab their attention)

xkevinx, BbyJrdn, and WindOfVictory: you all seem to have the problem that EM use FTP access b/c the web server does not have FTP access. Most likely you are FTP'ing to a different machine. If you know the host name of the machine you FTP to (like the setting you use in CuteFTP or whatever for hostname) in order to load up files, then I can help you.

1) edit the admin_easymod_functions.php file in the admin/mods/easymod directory.
2) search for all the occurances of localhost (there are 3) and replace them with your actual FTP hostname
3) try the EM installation again (if you installed EM a different way then you can reinstall it by looking at the instuctions under step 1 in the Mini FAQ)
4) let me know how it turns out

Thanks!
-Nuttzy

krwynn · Post by **krwynn** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:11 pm

I changed the localhost to my ftp server and it worked.
cool

Thanks

GPHemsley · Post by **GPHemsley** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:22 pm

Nuttzy99 wrote: 1) edit the admin_mods_easymod.php file in the admin/mods/easymod directory.

You mean admin_easymod_functions.php? I can't see any file by the name you gave, and to get EM to work on my live server, I need to do this.

Nuttzy99 · Post by **Nuttzy99** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:23 pm

Doh! Fixed, thanks!!

-Nuttzy

Nuttzy99 · Post by **Nuttzy99** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:24 pm

krwynn wrote: I changed the localhost to my ftp server and it worked.
cool

Thanks

Sweet! Especially since I didn't know you were having a problem

@Support: Ok, I'll add this little fix to the Min FAQ later today. It's becoming not so mini now though

-Nuttzy

GPHemsley · Post by **GPHemsley** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:32 pm

OK, I'm not sure what's going on.... I changed the localhost to ftp.lifelesspeople.com and it connects fine, but after logging in successfully and changing dirs, the PUT command fails and then it fails writing to the phpBB2 directory. Could it have anything to do with the fact that passive mode is not allowed? Here's the FTP Debug Info, but the Normal Debug Info from the link at the bottom of the page was not available.

FTP Test wrote: Testing FTP access...
Trying to ftp.lifelesspeople.com:21 ...
220 ftp.lifelesspeople.com server ready...
Connected to remote host "ftp.lifelesspeople.com:21"
> USER LTTP
331 User name okay, need password.
> PASS ********
230 User logged in, proceed.
Authentication succeeded
1) Logged in successfully
> PWD
257 "/" is current directory.
> PASV
550 Passive mode not allowed on this server.
Error : PASV command failed
> CWD phpBB2/admin/mods/easymod
250 Directory changed to /phpBB2/admin/mods/easymod
> PWD
257 "/phpBB2/admin/mods/easymod" is current directory.
2) CD to EasyMOD path successfully
> TYPE A
200 Type set to A.
> PASV
550 Passive mode not allowed on this server.
Error : PASV command failed
Error : PUT command failed
> QUIT
221 Goodbye!
Disconnected from remote host
FTP ERROR: could not write to phpBB root

I never thought I'd be asking for help myself.

Nuttzy99 · Post by **Nuttzy99** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:48 pm

Uh... why would you be mucking with this? Was localhost working for you before? If so leave it as that. But if its a case where you had to use other methods b/c FTP would not work then...

GPHemsley wrote: Could it have anything to do with the fact that passive mode is not allowed?

...definitely. A user named majerror had a similar problem. He seems to be decently knowledgable. It seems that it has to do with the PASV settings on the server. I suggest reading his posts and see if that helps. AFAIK he was not able to get around it though. Unfortunately I do not know enough about PASV to figure it out myself.

-Nuttzy

Nuttzy99 · Post by **Nuttzy99** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:50 pm

FYI, regarding the localhost issue....

via PM BbyJrdn wrote: wusup, thanks a lot for your personal help, it worked perfectly

...so it looks like when localhost fails, this method will work just fine.

-Nuttzy

GPHemsley · Post by **GPHemsley** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 8:00 pm

Nuttzy99 wrote: Uh... why would you be mucking with this? Was localhost working for you before? If so leave it as that. But if its a case where you had to use other methods b/c FTP would not work then...

No, I have been doing all the testing and such on my computer's localhost, so connecting to localhost was not a problem. The latest version that I have on my live server is 0.0.8, so I wanted to upgrade. I had tried upgrading in the past with no luck, but this newfound issue with localhost made me go back and try again.

Nuttzy99 wrote:
GPHemsley wrote:Could it have anything to do with the fact that passive mode is not allowed?
...definitely. A user named majerror had a similar problem. He seems to be decently knowledgable. It seems that it has to do with the PASV settings on the server. I suggest reading his posts and see if that helps. AFAIK he was not able to get around it though. Unfortunately I do not know enough about PASV to figure it out myself.

-Nuttzy

OK, I'll see what I can dig up. Maybe something helpful.

GPHemsley · Post by **GPHemsley** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 8:55 pm

OK, I've dug up a little bit of info.... The NLST command needs either PASV or PORT to be run before it. When PORT fails, so does NLST. And you realize that you have a _port function that you don't use? I can't seem to figure out how to incorporate it yet, but I haven't given up. One last thing to note: the LIST command does not require PASV (although it may require PORT, I'm not sure...). I'll leave you with the same "FTP Debug Info" that my FTP program uses:

220 ftp.lifelesspeople.com server ready...
USER LTTP
331 User name okay, need password.
PASS (hidden)
230 User logged in, proceed.
SYST
215 UNIX Type: L8
FEAT
211-Extension supported
AUTH TLS
PBSZ
PROT
MDTM
MDTM YYYYMMDDHHMMSS[+-TZ] filename
SIZE
SITE PSWD;EXEC;SET;INDEX;ZONE;CHMOD;MSG
REST STREAM
211 End
Detected Server Software: Serv-U 4.x
PWD
257 "/" is current directory.
TYPE A
200 Type set to A.
PORT 192,168,1,100,17,12
200 PORT Command successful.
Opening data connection IP: 192.168.1.100 PORT: 4364.
LIST -aL
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
6216 bytes received successfully. (6.07 KB/s) (00:00:01).
226 Transfer complete.

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:10 pm

Nuttzy99 wrote:
NascarFool wrote:What did I do wrong ?
Man, for you to get so far into the installation and THEN have this happen is just wierd! It's like the files got moved 1/2 through the install 8O All I can say is try it again and we'll see what happens.

-Nuttzy

I reinstalled it and now it work, kind of anyways. I'll be back with a Q or 2 after I read how to install a mod.

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:38 pm

Found it.

GPHemsley · Post by **GPHemsley** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:44 pm

NascarFool wrote: Where do I find the file that needs the header changed ?

Reference:

EM won't see your MOD? Here's why
EM looks in the header of the MOD and needs to find at least a title and an author name in order to install. EM is fairly flexible in what it will accept, but optimially it is looking for the following format:
Code:
## MOD Title: mod_title_goes_here
## MOD Author: username < email > (real_name) website_url
## MOD Description: some_description_goes_here
## MOD Version: x.x.x

The point of that paragraph was IF EasyMOD did not see your MOD....

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 10:16 pm

I finally gave up. It still shows no mod available. It will be easier to upload pics rather than attaching.