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+PURPOSE of /CoreOS/lftp/Regression/bz810217-lftp-hangs-using-a-ascii-mode
+Description: Test for BZ#810217 (lftp hangs using -a ascii mode)
+Author: David Kutalek <dkutalek@redhat.com>
+Bug summary: lftp hangs using -a ascii mode
+Bugzilla link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810217
+
+Tries to upload a text file using ascii mode to local sftp server. Should not hang.
diff --git a/Regression/bz810217-lftp-hangs-using-a-ascii-mode/main.fmf b/Regression/bz810217-lftp-hangs-using-a-ascii-mode/main.fmf
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+summary: Test for BZ#810217 (lftp hangs using -a ascii mode)
+description: |
+    Bug summary: lftp hangs using -a ascii mode
+    Bugzilla link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810217
+
+    Tries to upload a text file using ascii mode to local sftp server. Should not hang.
+component:
+- lftp
+test: ./runtest.sh
+framework: beakerlib
+recommend:
+- lftp
+- net-tools
+- openssh-server
+duration: 15m
+enabled: true
+tag:
+- TIP_fedora_pass
+- TIPfail_infra
+- TIPfail_samba
+- TIPfail_systemd
+- TIPpass
+- TIPpass_Apps
+- Tier3
+tier: '3'
+extra-nitrate: TC#0184573
+extra-summary: /CoreOS/lftp/Regression/bz810217-lftp-hangs-using-a-ascii-mode
+extra-task: /CoreOS/lftp/Regression/bz810217-lftp-hangs-using-a-ascii-mode
diff --git a/Regression/bz810217-lftp-hangs-using-a-ascii-mode/runtest.sh b/Regression/bz810217-lftp-hangs-using-a-ascii-mode/runtest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# vim: dict=/usr/share/beakerlib/dictionary.vim cpt=.,w,b,u,t,i,k
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+#
+#   runtest.sh of /CoreOS/lftp/Regression/bz810217-lftp-hangs-using-a-ascii-mode
+#   Description: Test for BZ#810217 (lftp hangs using -a ascii mode)
+#   Author: David Kutalek <dkutalek@redhat.com>
+#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+#   This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing
+#   to use, modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms
+#   and conditions of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
+#   useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+#   warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+#   PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+#   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
+#   Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+#   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+# Include Beaker environment
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh
+
+PACKAGE="lftp"
+
+rlJournalStart
+    rlPhaseStartSetup
+        rlAssertRpm $PACKAGE
+        rlRun "TmpDir=\$(mktemp -d)" 0 "Creating tmp directory"
+        rlRun "pushd $TmpDir"
+        rlRun "echo 'Ascii lftp upload test file' > ./test.txt"
+        rlRun "grep '^Subsystem[[:space:]]*sftp[[:space:]]*/usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server\$' /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+        rlRun "useradd -m lftptester"
+        rlRun "echo testerpwd | passwd --stdin lftptester"
+        rlRun "netstat -lnp | grep sshd | grep ':22'"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest
+        if [ -e ~/.ssh/known_hosts ]; then
+            rlRun "rlFileBackup ~/.ssh/known_hosts" 0 "Back up ~/.ssh/known_hosts"
+            RESTORE=1
+        fi
+        rlRun "ssh-keyscan 127.0.0.1 >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts" 0 "Add ssh fingerprint for localhost to known_hosts"
+        rlRun "rlWatchdog \"lftp -d -u lftptester,testerpwd sftp://127.0.0.1:22 -e 'put -a test.txt; exit'\" 30"
+        rlRun "ls -l /home/lftptester/test.txt"
+        rlRun "cat /home/lftptester/test.txt"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartCleanup
+        if [ $RESTORE -eq 1 ]; then
+            rlRun "rlFileRestore" 0 "Restore ~/.ssh/known_hosts"
+        fi
+        rlRun "userdel -f -r lftptester"
+        rlRun "popd"
+        rlRun "rm -r $TmpDir" 0 "Removing tmp directory"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+rlJournalPrintText
+rlJournalEnd