SPLAT - HFA_02 installation

[jyctan]

Hi guys,

I had upgraded to NGX on SPLAT platform successfully and from SmartUpdate, I notice "Packages - Add" option GRAYED out. And I need to apply HFA02 patch. The patch resides on a Window machine, so how can I install manually? I am unfamiliar with SPLAT filesystem, so please be specific.

Thank you.

[kva.kva]

NGX HFA-02 doesn't install from SmartUpdate.
You can upload .tgz file to SPLAT server and copy it to temp directory (like /var/tmp). Then extract files - tar -zxf file.tgz Then you see 3 tgz files. You have to uncompress it (tar -zxf) one by one. Then use "ls -l" command and find files with x attribute. Run it, ./file_name. Sorry, but i don't remember file names exactly.
On Release Notes for HFA02 this process is described.

[jyctan]

How can I upload the file from Windows machine to SPLAT? via TFTP? Because I am unfamiliar with the SPLAT file systems, so pardon me if I sound like a dummy.

Thank you.

[kva.kva]

Yes, you can run tftp server on windows server and use tftp client on SPLAT. Or use scp. I like WinSCP plug-in for FAR.

[jyctan]

I am unfamiliar with this WinSCP. When I launch this WinSCP, there was a user id/ password field. I tried using admin and the password, but authenication failed. Is there a step by step guide for Windows users to SCP into SPLAT?

[kva.kva]

If you want to use "admin" account with scp, you have to change string for "admin" in /etc/passwd on SPLAT. Change shell from /bin/cpshell to /bin/bash.

[Sergej]

Originally Posted by jyctan

How can I upload the file from Windows machine to SPLAT? via TFTP? Because I am unfamiliar with the SPLAT file systems, so pardon me if I sound like a dummy.
Thank you.

You can tranfer files via FTP or CDROM
FTP:
Run FTP server on windows. Put HFA_02 to the ftproot. Check from other windows machine if you can download it.
Login to SPLAT. Go to expert mode
run ftp tool, connect to Windows FTP server
use commands ls, mget * to download files to default working directory (/var/admin)
exit from FTP tool
Check if you suscesfuly did it by "ls -la"

CD:
Burn HFA_02 to CD
Login to SPLAT. Go to expert mode
Use 'mount /dev/cdrom' to connect contens of CD to /mnt/cdrom
Use 'ls -la /mnt/cdrom' to view files on CD
Use 'cp /mnt/cdrom/HFA_02 ./' to copy files to present working directory.
Use 'umount /dev/cdrom' to eject CD
Check if you suscesfuly did it by "ls -la"

Follow Release noutes to extract and apply FHA_02.

Add './' before filenames to execute them. Use TAB to complete filenames.

[jyctan]

When I tried to uncompress the secureplatform tar file, the screen reported "tar: unexpected EOF in archive". What's going on?

[Lackie]

Check the md5 on the downloaded file to ensure that it's not corrupted in the transfer.

[jyctan]

The MD5 sum tally. What else could be the problem?

[Sergej]

Originally Posted by jyctan

When I tried to uncompress the secureplatform tar file, the screen reported "tar: unexpected EOF in archive". What's going on?

File is broken during transfer (either initially from checkpoint of during you operations to put it on SPLAT). Try to download it one more time.
If you usinf FTP to get it on splat make sure you using binary transfer mode. Use 'bin' command under ftp tool before 'mget'

[jyctan]

Guys, my mistake was when I tried to decompress the file, I use lowercase. This time round, I decompress, using exact naming and it WORKS! Thank you, everybody...

[Sergej]

Checkpoint promoting SPLAT as a flagman product. They said you do not need Linux at all if you want to use SPLAT. Are you agree? :)

[chillyjim]

I would say 80-90% true. It's not as true as Nokia, yet, but most of the time the readme's cover what you need.

I do have a customer that is very unix illiterate that has been running SPLAT for three years now. He's learned ssh, tar and to use "./" and has been fine.