[RADIATOR] Cannot install rpm file

Jay Tuala jay.tuala at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 17:38:57 CST 2012


Hello there Heikki,

With your help I was finally able to get radiator downloaded and installed.
Thanks a bunch and keep up the good work.

I will now focus on configuring and testing.


Cheers,
Jay

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Heikki Vatiainen <hvn at open.com.au> wrote:

> On 02/17/2012 04:19 PM, Jay Tuala wrote:
>
> Hello Jay,
>
> > Using cat to view the downloaded RPM file shows the software license
> > agreement. the following command is what i used to download the file,
> >
> > wget --http-user=XXXXXX --http-password=XXXXXX
> > _
> http://www.open.com.au/radiator/demo-downloads/dl.cgi/Radiator-Locked-4.9-2.noarch.rpm_
>
> Ok, that explains what happens. Using a non-interactive tool such as
> wget may not work here because of the CGI that creates the actual
> download link.
>
> > I suspect this is where the problem lies. Would be able to point me in
> > the right direction?
>
> Try this: Use Chrome, IE, Firefox or any other browser to download the
> software to your workstation and then copy it to the target machine
> unless you can run the browser on the target machine directly.
>
> Or you could install one of elinks, links or lynx. These are test mode
> browsers that can run in the terminal. You can install one of those on
> your Radiator evaluation host and use text mode browser to access the
> download link.
>
> In any case you need to accept the license agreement before the actual
> download link becomes available.
>
> Please let us know how it goes.
>
> Thanks!
> Heikki
>
>
> > thanks again.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Heikki Vatiainen <hvn at open.com.au
> > <mailto:hvn at open.com.au>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 02/17/2012 03:27 AM, Jay Tuala wrote:
> >
> >     > I followed the 'RPM format for Linux' link and accepted the license
> >     > agreement to download the file. After downloading the file onto the
> >     > Centos, I tried the 'rpm -ivh Radiator-Locked-4.9-2.noarch.rpm'
> >     command
> >     > but still getting the same issue. By the way, is there any issue
> with
> >     > running Radiator on a vm. I wouldn't think so but just wondering
> if I
> >     > needed a seperate box for radiator?
> >
> >     If you use e.g. less command or editor to view the downloaded RPM
> file
> >     do you see HTML page or RPM binary? It still sounds like HTML file
> was
> >     downloaded.
> >
> >     Running Radiator on a virtual machine is not a problem. It's actually
> >     quite common.
> >
> >     Thanks!
> >     Heikki
> >
> >     > Many thanks,
> >     > Jay  #radiatornewbie :-|
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Heikki Vatiainen <hvn at open.com.au
> >     <mailto:hvn at open.com.au>
>  >     > <mailto:hvn at open.com.au <mailto:hvn at open.com.au>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     On 02/15/2012 10:31 PM, Jay Tuala wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Hello Jay,
> >     >
> >     >     > following the setup notes and can't seem to install Radiator
> >     rpm file.
> >     >     > I'm a newbie to centos/radiator but am really keen to set it
> up
> >     >     and test it.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > the error i'm getting is as follows:
> >     >     >
> >     >     > [root at radiator1 ~]# rpm -ivh
> Radiator-Locked-4.9-2.noarch.rpm
> >     >     > Retrieving
> >     http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd>
> >     >     > error: skipping
> >     >     http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd>
> >     >     > - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
> >     >
> >     >     That looks like head of HTML file from the Radiator downloads
> >     section.
> >     >     The link titled 'RPM format for Linux' in the table listing
> >     different
> >     >     versions gives you the download page, not the RPM. So please
> try
> >     >     downloading again.
> >     >
> >     >     Thanks!
> >     >     Heikki
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     > I have the file located below,
> >     >     >
> >     >     > [root at radiator1 ~]# ls
> >     >     > anaconda-ks.cfg  install.log  install.log.syslog
> >     >     > Radiator-Locked-4.9-2.noarch.rpm
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > I would greatly appreciate any help i can get.
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Many thanks,
> >     >     > J
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
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> >     >
> >     >     --
> >     >     Heikki Vatiainen <hvn at open.com.au <mailto:hvn at open.com.au>
> >     <mailto:hvn at open.com.au <mailto:hvn at open.com.au>>>
>  >     >
> >     >     Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS
> >     server
> >     >     anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT,
> >     Emerald,
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> >     EAP, TLS,
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> VMS,
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> >     >
> >     >
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     Heikki Vatiainen <hvn at open.com.au <mailto:hvn at open.com.au>>
> >
> >     Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server
> >     anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald,
> >     Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP,
> TLS,
> >     TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
> >     DIAMETER etc. Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS,
> >     NetWare etc.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Heikki Vatiainen <hvn at open.com.au>
>
> Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server
> anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald,
> Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS,
> TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
> DIAMETER etc. Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS,
> NetWare etc.
>
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