dselect/ftp
I want to install the latest stable release of pan. I've found that pan has a lot of dependencies on things that are not included in my distro. Can I use dselect to get pan and all the packages it depends on at once? How should I go about it? Thanks.
Another dselect FTP problem
Hi All, I'm trying to install packages via dselect and FTP. First, let me say I can ftp to ftp.debain.org maunally just fine. When I use dselect, however, it falls over with: In both cases I run through a proxy ftp server on my lan called proxysys. Here are the responses I provide the perl script: Enter ftp site [proxysys] Use passive mode [n]: BTW, what is passive mode? Enter username [anonymous#ftp.debian.org]: Enter password [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Enter debian directory [debian]: -- Len Cumbow, VP Engineering, Cardinal Software phone: 508-393-0515 fax: 508-393-0516 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Another dselect FTP problem
Hi All,
The last message got away from me before I finished it... sorry
I'm trying to install packages via dselect and FTP. First, let me
say I can ftp to ftp.debain.org maunally just fine. When I use
dselect, however, it falls over with:
Net::FTP: Unexpected EOF on command channel at
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 150
Line 150 is:
if(!$ftp-login($::username, $pass)) { print $ftp-message()) . \n;
die error; }
In both cases I run through a proxy ftp server on my lan called proxysys.
Here are the responses I provide the perl script:
Enter ftp site [proxysys]:
Use passive mode [n]: BTW, what is passive mode?
Enter username [anonymous#ftp.debian.org]: proxy ftp server requires
this format
Enter password [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Enter debian directory [debian]:
Enter space separated list of distributions to get
[stable]:
Enter directory to download binary package files to
(relative to /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/)
[debian]:
... then I get:
Connecting to proxysys...
Login as anonymous#ftp.debian.org...
Net::FTP: Unexpected EOF on command channel at
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 150
FTP ERROR
query/setup script was terminated by a signal: Broken pipe.
Press RETURN to continue.
Line 150 is:
if(!$ftp-login($::username, $pass)) { print $ftp-message()) . \n; die
error; }
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Len
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dselect FTP thru proxy problem
Hi All,
I'm trying to install packages via dselect and FTP. First, let me
say I can ftp to ftp.debain.org maunally just fine. When I use
dselect, however, it falls over with:
Net::FTP: Unexpected EOF on command channel at
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 150
Line 150 is:
if(!$ftp-login($::username, $pass)) { print $ftp-message()) . \n;
die error; }
In both cases I run through a proxy ftp server on my lan called proxysys.
Here are the responses I provide the perl script:
Enter ftp site [proxysys]:
Use passive mode [n]: BTW, what is passive mode?
Enter username [anonymous#ftp.debian.org]: proxy ftp server requires
this format
Enter password [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Enter debian directory [debian]:
Enter space separated list of distributions to get
[stable]:
Enter directory to download binary package files to
(relative to /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/)
[debian]:
... then I get:
Connecting to proxysys...
Login as anonymous#ftp.debian.org...
Net::FTP: Unexpected EOF on command channel at
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 150
FTP ERROR
query/setup script was terminated by a signal: Broken pipe.
Press RETURN to continue.
Line 150 is:
if(!$ftp-login($::username, $pass)) { print $ftp-message()) . \n; die
error; }
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Len
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RE: Another dselect FTP problem
Len Cumbow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Use passive mode [n]: BTW, what is passive mode? FTP by default is in non-passive mode. When a data connection is setup between the client and server, the client sends a request to the server to connect to a specific port for the data transfer. In other words, the ftp client sends a PORT command to the server, instructing the server to open a data connection to a specific IP and port that is listening for the data connection. The server makes that connection and then the transfer begins. Passive mode is a little different. The PASV tells the server to setup a port to start listening for a data transfer on, to which the server returns the IP and port of that [the response from the server is much like what the client sends in the PORT command in non-passive mode]. The client then opens the data connection to the server port specified. The cool things with passive mode is that you can connect to two different servers; Enter passive mode on the first, which gives you the ip port number where the server is listening for the data; send that IP and port number to the second server via the PORT command, instructing that second server to make a data connection to the first server. The client can then initiate data transfers between the two servers. The drawback to passive mode is firewalls. Since you don't know what port number the servers data connection is going to be listening on, you have no way of configuring that port number into your firewall. With Non-PASV mode, the server's data connections will come from port 20, which you can configure to be allowed through your firewall. (We played a little joke on one of our QA guys when we set it up to reject packets from port 20... you could open an FTP connection, but you just couldn't transfer any data! :) Anyway... The firewall problem is the reason your Proxy Server needs non-PASV mode. It needs to know what port the data connection is coming from beforehand, so that it can proxy it correctly, and a dynamic server data port won't work. If you want more details, give RFC 959 a read. ftp://venera.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc959.txt -Jeff * | Jeff Schreiber | There is freedom and there is responsibility. | | aka - Spectre | You have obviously figured out the first | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | but not the latter.| | | (Rob Schmunk - [EMAIL PROTECTED]) | * -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: dselect ftp problem - the solution
On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 12:03:17AM +0800, Ivan wrote: Many thanks - Norbert in particular Changing the options file to initiate ppp on the ISP machine - I just inserted the line $ ppp that line was in the scripts provided by your isp, was it not? That is why I didnt understand why it didnt work, but I guess it doesnt matter now, glad you got it working. to the options file and it worked perfectly. As an experiment and to ensure that all my playing didn't upset anything else I restarted the installation using the recovery disc except that immediately prior to selecting the access method when prompted by dselect I started another shell, logged as root and edited the ppp files. I then initiated the connection using pon and staying logged on in the second shell ( is this necessary ??? ) reverted to the shell running dselect and selected ftp etc... I remember reading on one of the lists that pppsetup is supposed to be started before dselect (in hamm=Debian 2.0). Maybe this is still on someone's todo list.. but that is the way its supposed to be for the final release of hamm. My, my, my ... ain't this world wonderful - a long, long time later the entire default Debian default selection of files was downloaded and my Debian GNU Linux system is now reasonably functional - now to download some software to make it do things !! good to hear Many thanks once more to those people who replied - the problem was easily solved once given some experienced guidance !!! Wow, you are the first person to write me such an elaborate thank you message, its nice to know that my input was usefull.. pgpbDnWPhjsGd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Hamm Install] Dselect/ftp, what is this error message ?
=?us-ascii?Q?Francois_Gouget?= wrote: I'm installing a new Debian 2.0 on my PC using the ftp method to download it from ftp.mi.us.debian.org. During the download I got the following error message: getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (3125884) FTP ERROR Do you want to retry downloading at once [y]: continue file: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (at 1484820) [y]: [...] getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (1641064/3125884) As I understand it the first line tells me that I only got 1484820 bytes out of the 3125884. So why does the download restarts at byte 1641064 as the second line seems to indicate ? 1484820 + 1641064 = 3125884 so the second message is that 1641064 remain of the 3125884 total. Then it failed again and I had: FTP ERROR Do you want to retry downloading at once [y]: continue file: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (at 2242560) [y]: [...] getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (883324/3125884) Did it restart from scratch ? No - see above I finally managed to download the entire file but it is only 262680 bytes long. So what are the numbers displayed above ? It looks like you had some kind of silent failure or bug. So remove and then get perl again. Even better, dpkg --remove perl_5.004.04-6.deb and then deselect + the package. Does the ftp method support reget ? -- Francois Gouget [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.mygale.org/~fgouget/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Insert sardonic phrase here -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect ftp problem - the solution
Many thanks - Norbert in particular Changing the options file to initiate ppp on the ISP machine - I just inserted the line $ ppp to the options file and it worked perfectly. As an experiment and to ensure that all my playing didn't upset anything else I restarted the installation using the recovery disc except that immediately prior to selecting the access method when prompted by dselect I started another shell, logged as root and edited the ppp files. I then initiated the connection using pon and staying logged on in the second shell ( is this necessary ??? ) reverted to the shell running dselect and selected ftp etc... My, my, my ... ain't this world wonderful - a long, long time later the entire default Debian default selection of files was downloaded and my Debian GNU Linux system is now reasonably functional - now to download some software to make it do things !! Many thanks once more to those people who replied - the problem was easily solved once given some experienced guidance !!! I look forward to learning much, much more and repaying your effort by, sometime in the future, assisting another newbie Ivan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Hamm Install] Dselect/ftp, what is this error message ?
I'm installing a new Debian 2.0 on my PC using the ftp method to download it from ftp.mi.us.debian.org. During the download I got the following error message: getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (3125884) FTP ERROR Do you want to retry downloading at once [y]: continue file: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (at 1484820) [y]: [...] getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (1641064/3125884) As I understand it the first line tells me that I only got 1484820 bytes out of the 3125884. So why does the download restarts at byte 1641064 as the second line seems to indicate ? Then it failed again and I had: FTP ERROR Do you want to retry downloading at once [y]: continue file: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (at 2242560) [y]: [...] getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb (883324/3125884) Did it restart from scratch ? I finally managed to download the entire file but it is only 262680 bytes long. So what are the numbers displayed above ? Does the ftp method support reget ? -- Francois Gouget [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.mygale.org/~fgouget/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ivan@vianet.net.au: dselect/ftp problem]
- Forwarded message from Ivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I am trying to install Debian on my Pentium 166. System specs are : - 32Mb memory - 2.5Gb hdd (partitioned for Linux / Linux Swap / Win95) - Sound Blaster 16 - Diamond Data CD-ROM - AusLinx Tasmanian Devil 336E modem During the installation I installed the following modules : - rarp - slhc - slip - ppp - hpfs, smbfs, umsdos, vfat - serial ports - parallel printer I now have the basic Linux OS but cannot use ftp to access the Debian site to carry on. A huge pile of floppies is not very attractive as an alternative ... but if that is the only way then I will have Debian that way !!! BTW, I also notice that the man command does not work on my system. Do I need to manually unzip some packages/programmes? My main problem is the use of ftp. Have I missed something obvious/obscure in the setup procedure or is there some manual configuration required ? After selecting update by ftp through dselect, the dialog is : Using FTP to check directories ... (stop with ^C) Connectingto ftp.debian.org... Net::FTP:Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 405 FTP ERROR query/setupscript returned error exit status 1 Press RETURN to continue I have desperately searched FAQ's (Linux Unix) and poked around the installed files and documentation. The guide to installation has not helped either. As the modem is specifically marked Linux compatible I have written to the manufacturers in case some special installation software is required (as with Windows) but AusLinx haven't yet deigned to reply. As you can tell, in line with all of the instructions I have read, I have tried every possible line of self-help I can think of !!! I eagerly await whatever advice can be given. Ivan - End forwarded message - -- / Martin Schulze * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 26129 Oldenburg / / http://home.pages.de/~joey/ /There are lies, statistics and benchmarks. / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ivan@vianet.net.au: dselect/ftp problem]
I now have the basic Linux OS but cannot use ftp to access the Debian site to carry on. A huge pile of floppies is not very attractive as an alternative ... but if that is the only way then I will have Debian that way !!! BTW, I also notice that the man command does not work on my system. Do I need to manually unzip some packages/programmes? you have to install the manpages and groff packages.. My main problem is the use of ftp. Have I missed something obvious/obscure in the setup procedure or is there some manual configuration required ? After selecting update by ftp through dselect, the dialog is : Using FTP to check directories ... (stop with ^C) Connectingto ftp.debian.org... Net::FTP:Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 405 FTP ERROR query/setupscript returned error exit status 1 Press RETURN to continue did you establish a connection to your internet provider via pppd? (thats if you use ppp, and not ethernet or something else). If you did, try connecting to (or pinging) other known hostnames and see if they work.. pgp15AIYb90Hw.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [ivan@vianet.net.au: dselect/ftp problem]
Ivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After selecting update by ftp through dselect, the dialog is : Using FTP to check directories ... (stop with ^C) Connectingto ftp.debian.org... Net::FTP:Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 405 FTP ERROR query/setupscript returned error exit status 1 Press RETURN to continue The network connection (ppp, ethernet, etc.) must be up before giving the ftp option to dselect - ftp does not open a connection itself. That error message is identical to the one I got yesterday when I forgot to start ppp before dselect. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard[EMAIL PROTECTED] |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USAPGP Key ID: A8E40EB9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
VERY strange dselect ftp-problem
Some days ago i installed the latest development-kernel (2.1.99) Everything works fine with it besides one thing: Updating my system via the dselect ftp-method is DAMN slow(about 1000 cps). Now I thought that this might be a problem of ftp.debian.org and tried to get the packages with ncftp, just being courious. The result was: ncftp transfers the data a maximum speed (ISDN, nearly 8000 cps). Later i tried both again: - same result. Strange, isn't it. CU florian attenberger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect-ftp Question
On Mon, Apr 06, 1998 at 11:20:05AM -0600, Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: Is there a way to configure dselect-ftp to automatically retry downloading packages during an FTP error? For example, this weekend I did an install of hamm(frozen) using dselect-ftp. Before bed I started things rolling, then went to sleep hoping I would have a whole distribution when I woke in the morning. Unfortunately, it had hung about half way through on a single file, asking if it should retry. Well, of course I want it to retry. I hit it manually, and it finished (with a few more hangs), but I lost several hours of time waiting (when I could have been sleeping!) Any way to configure this? Thanks, -Brent In place of editing yourself the ftp method, not really ;) Take a look around line 300 of /usr/lib/dpkg/ftp/install (but take care to make a backup first and change only thing that you understand!) BTW, apt will have a more easy of doing this... wait a little and remember that when a program ask you something, it's because the programmer think they are no Always Good Answer [TM] (Like why xv over libmagick? libmagick rules! ;) Good Hacking! Fab (who begin to write before thinking...) -- Fabien Ninoles E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WebPage: http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~94246757 You can get my public key from your nearest public keys server! RSA PGP KEY [E3723845]: 1C C1 4F A6 EE E5 4D 99 4F 80 2D 2D 1F 85 C1 70 pgpFTTWxlBwp9.pgp Description: PGP signature
dselect-ftp Question
Is there a way to configure dselect-ftp to automatically retry downloading packages during an FTP error? For example, this weekend I did an install of hamm(frozen) using dselect-ftp. Before bed I started things rolling, then went to sleep hoping I would have a whole distribution when I woke in the morning. Unfortunately, it had hung about half way through on a single file, asking if it should retry. Well, of course I want it to retry. I hit it manually, and it finished (with a few more hangs), but I lost several hours of time waiting (when I could have been sleeping!) Any way to configure this? Thanks, -Brent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect/ftp non-standard mirrors
Hi, Is there a way to use dselect/ftp with non-standart mirrors ? The mirror I want to use has no un/stable directory. binary-all, binary-i386, ... are in debian/ directly. Thanks in advance. Deniz Dogan --- Gunumuz toplumunda gonullu asker olarak yazilip kendinizi yaralanma ve olum tehlikesine atabilirsiniz ama bilimi ilerletmek ugruna tehlikeli deneylerde kobaylik yapamazsiniz. --Francis Crick, Sasirtan Varsayim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mirrors dselect ftp method
Hi, Is it possible to use non-standard mirrors with dselect-ftp method? Is possible, how? The mirors in my country has no stable directory, binary-all/ binary-i386/ ... are in /debian/ and dselect complains that there is no stable directory. Thanks, Deniz Dogan -- E-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect / ftp broken
Grab any Perl packages that are outstanding by FTP and then install those using dpkg - that should fix it. I had the same problem when upgrading. HTH Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SH Hi -- SH Through some stupid mistake, I seem to have broken my dselect's ftp SH method. When I select FTP in Access, I see: SH [verbatim:] SH Can't locate loadable object for module IO in @INC (@INC contains: SH /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 SH /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at SH /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Handle.pm line 241 SH BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Socket.pm lin SH 106, SH BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line SH BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup SH line 7 SH query/setup script returned error exit status 2, SH Press RETURN to continue. SH [end verbatim] SH So it looks like PERL5 got screwed up, yes? SH What can I do to replace the proper minimal items so that dselect (a SH all the rest of Debian 1.3) is happy? SH Thank you for your help -- Sam -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
Martin Bialasinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, but there is no known way to force the ftpclient to do such things. The client doesn't accept any commands and any data it gets is, well, data, so it is not executed, just written to disk. Well, there are a few exceptions, but they won't affect dselect+ftp. When you do mget * from your ftp client, it asks the server for all the files in the directory. A malicious server could send back the file ../etc/passwd, which some clients will happily download and save. You could also have files like .profile or .exrc in the directory, which get returned and saved with no problems. These files will then contain the commands. Just be careful, and do as little as possible as root. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ GNU GPL: The Source will be with you... always. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
On 25 Feb 1998 22:47:23 +0100, Martin Bialasinski wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: [..] This is why I was asking about dselect | ftp, because if I'm root, and I'm running ftp via dselect, then isn't this exactly what you're telling me not to do? Yes, but there is no known way to force the ftpclient to do such things. The client doesn't accept any commands and any data it gets is, well, data, so it is not executed, just written to disk. Initially I thought that ftpd accepted commands, but now that I think about it a little more, I suppose it accepts data. (at least for ftp clients, running ftpd in server mode on the net might be a different animal) Running an ftp client as root seems to be an exception to the rule about not running as root. Thanks for the clarification. :-) p.s.: I won't make personal replies until my headers are up to snuff, which I'm working on. -- David Stern -- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, David Stern wrote: Running an ftp client as root seems to be an exception to the rule about not running as root. actually that rule isn't a general prohibition against doing anything as root. it is advice about only running as root for system maintainence tasks. upgrading the system using dselect certainly qualifies as system maintainence. the idea is that by running as a non-priviledged user you can minimise the risk of problems, and also mimimise the severity of any problems which occur. problems includes buggy software, user mistakes, and malicious code (e.g. trojan horse programs or viruses) e.g. if you accidentally type rm -rf / as root you blow away the whole system. if you do it as a normal user the worst you can do is erase your own home directoryand in most cases, will suffer no damage at all because you will probably have noticed your mistake and hit Ctrl-C before rm gets to your home dir. another problem which you avoid by not running as root except when necessary is the risk of trojans or virusesmalicious programs like these can't affect your system if they don't have the permissions required to modify files. craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
On 22 Feb 1998 20:04:41 +1300, Carey Evans wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: What I'm trying to do is make my ppp connection as secure as possible, and one of the first things I realized is that whenever I'm running dselect, I'm root, and that I might be connected to the internet for long enough such that my ip address could be attacked, and I know there are different types of attacks, and my assumption was that if I'm running as root, then it would conceivably be possible to get root access. You're not connected to the net running as root. Why not? I'm root. I'm running ftp on the net. Your computer is connected to the net, making all the services in /etc/inetd.conf and provided by other daemons that are started in /etc/init.d available to the rest of the Internet. Make sure you comment out services in /etc/inetd.conf that you don't need, set up /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny appropriately, maybe set up IP firewalling, and restrict access to all other services (e.g. for Samba, with bind interfaces only = true). Too many of these services (IMHO) run as root. The home LAN is still a little ways off, but I thought most system services needed to be run as root. I have pretty restrictive /etc/hosts.* and ipfwadm setup as well as firewalling compiled into the kernel. Services are attacted through the ports directly, I think, so I've tried to make that safe. The other way for someone to access your computer is by the programs you run to access Internet services. For example, if you select a link to a Postscript file and look at it using a viewer that allows file operations, it could try to append the line below to your /etc/passwd: carrot::0:0:/:/bin/sh This is a simple example of why you shouldn't browse the web (or run unknown programs) as root. (Another reason is that if something goes wrong, rm -rf / does less damage as a user.) This is why I was asking about dselect | ftp, because if I'm root, and I'm running ftp via dselect, then isn't this exactly what you're telling me not to do? -- David Stern -- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: The other way for someone to access your computer is by the programs you run to access Internet services. For example, if you select a link to a Postscript file and look at it using a viewer that allows file operations, it could try to append the line below to your /etc/passwd: carrot::0:0:/:/bin/sh This is a simple example of why you shouldn't browse the web (or run unknown programs) as root. (Another reason is that if something goes wrong, rm -rf / does less damage as a user.) This is why I was asking about dselect | ftp, because if I'm root, and I'm running ftp via dselect, then isn't this exactly what you're telling me not to do? Yes, but there is no known way to force the ftpclient to do such things. The client doesn't accept any commands and any data it gets is, well, data, so it is not executed, just written to disk. Ciao, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, David Stern wrote: Hi, It occurred to me that running dselect | ftp as root could potentially compromise root access. I don't want users to be able to run dselect, and I don't want to loose the power of dselect by downloading all packages and package lists individually, but I want to decrease the potential of root access being compromised while running dselect | ftp. What's an intelligent solution? Could you please explain why and how it could compromise root access? Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
On Sun, 22 Feb 1998 02:28:06 +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, David Stern wrote: It occurred to me that running dselect | ftp as root could potentially compromise root access. I don't want users to be able to run dselect, and I don't want to loose the power of dselect by downloading all packages and package lists individually, but I want to decrease the potential of root access being compromised while running dselect | ftp. What's an intelligent solution? Could you please explain why and how it could compromise root access? What I'm trying to do is make my ppp connection as secure as possible, and one of the first things I realized is that whenever I'm running dselect, I'm root, and that I might be connected to the internet for long enough such that my ip address could be attacked, and I know there are different types of attacks, and my assumption was that if I'm running as root, then it would conceivably be possible to get root access. (you get the idea, I hope) Let's assume I'm wrong, and that it is not possible for root access to be compromised while I am connected to the net running as root. If so, then why shouldn't everyone always run as root while connected to the net -- does ftp have added security features? (if so, please briefly explain) -- D a v i d S t e r n -- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: What I'm trying to do is make my ppp connection as secure as possible, and one of the first things I realized is that whenever I'm running dselect, I'm root, and that I might be connected to the internet for long enough such that my ip address could be attacked, and I know there are different types of attacks, and my assumption was that if I'm running as root, then it would conceivably be possible to get root access. You're not connected to the net running as root. Your computer is connected to the net, making all the services in /etc/inetd.conf and provided by other daemons that are started in /etc/init.d available to the rest of the Internet. Make sure you comment out services in /etc/inetd.conf that you don't need, set up /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny appropriately, maybe set up IP firewalling, and restrict access to all other services (e.g. for Samba, with bind interfaces only = true). Too many of these services (IMHO) run as root. The other way for someone to access your computer is by the programs you run to access Internet services. For example, if you select a link to a Postscript file and look at it using a viewer that allows file operations, it could try to append the line below to your /etc/passwd: carrot::0:0:/:/bin/sh This is a simple example of why you shouldn't browse the web (or run unknown programs) as root. (Another reason is that if something goes wrong, rm -rf / does less damage as a user.) -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ GNU GPL: The Source will be with you... always. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
root access and dselect | ftp
Hi, It occurred to me that running dselect | ftp as root could potentially compromise root access. I don't want users to be able to run dselect, and I don't want to loose the power of dselect by downloading all packages and package lists individually, but I want to decrease the potential of root access being compromised while running dselect | ftp. What's an intelligent solution? -- D a v i d S t e r n -- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: root access and dselect | ftp
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STuck - Dselect FTP through Firewall
What is dselect passing to my ftp proxy??? I can go through the firewall manually but I need to figure out exactly what commands dselect is generating. Can I monitor this somehow I do not have man pages or anything to help me because I can not run dselect from ftp and I do not have the CD. (And even if I did the box I am putting Debian on does not have a CD) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect ftp
Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all. A brief question, which I suspect may require a verbose answer... Is there a way to install debain using ftp on a dial-up connection? I suspect one may have to install ppp support from an alternate console before dselect will work, but is there a recognised way of doing this? Thanks in advance, Rob. Yes, but I will put in a warning about the incredible SLOWNESS of this procedure. A basic ppp is installed with the current bo disks - just do the disk-based install to the point where you've set the root password, etc., and are about to be dumped into dselect. Then switch to another console (alt-F2), log in as root, and get your ppp setup working - often, this is just a matter of editing /etc/ppp.chatscript to suit your ISP and typing 'pon'. (You may need to edit /etc/ppp.options_out as well) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect ftp
Hi all. A brief question, which I suspect may require a verbose answer... Is there a way to install debain using ftp on a dial-up connection? I suspect one may have to install ppp support from an alternate console before dselect will work, but is there a recognised way of doing this? Thanks in advance, Rob. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect ftp upgrade
On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, PATRICK DAHIROC wrote: I would like to upgrade to libc6 and I tried to do so via dselect ftp, but I can not find the unstable or hamm directory at ftp.debian and dselect just quits on me. Can someone tell me how to upgrade packages via ftp. I am also insearch of an efficient web browser, and I am considering the latest version of Amaya. Is there a .deb binary yet? Any comments on this particular browser is welcomed. Someone else already mentioned my upgrade howto, but seems to have forgotten to tell you where to find it :) http://www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect ftp upgrade
Hi I would like to upgrade to libc6 and I tried to do so via dselect ftp, but I can not find the unstable or hamm directory at ftp.debian and dselect just quits on me. Can someone tell me how to upgrade packages via ftp. I am also insearch of an efficient web browser, and I am considering the latest version of Amaya. Is there a .deb binary yet? Any comments on this particular browser is welcomed. Thanks Patrick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
problem with dselect (ftp method)
Hi, I must have a problem with perl, I get the following error when trying dselect with ftp: Can't locate IO/Socket.pm in @INC at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 378. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 378. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 7. what do I need to do to fix perl for that? thanks Ricardo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: problem with dselect (ftp method)
i had the same problem earlier today, so i fixed by just reinstalling a bunch of packages (dpkg and the gang, perl, libc6). i think the one that did was libc6. or maybe it was just a coincidence. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect/ftp segmentation faults!
--- Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C) Connecting to ftp.debian.org... query/setup script was terminated by a signal: Segmentation fault. (It left a coredump.) Press RETURN to continue. --- I'm using the dpkg-ftp_1.4.9.deb and dpkg_1.4.0.19.deb packages from the hamm distribution. Anyone know want could be wrong? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect/ftp segmentation faults!
never mind about this message. I figured it out; what I needed was a never version of ldso (or something else I installed)... -Paul On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: --- Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C) Connecting to ftp.debian.org... query/setup script was terminated by a signal: Segmentation fault. (It left a coredump.) Press RETURN to continue. --- I'm using the dpkg-ftp_1.4.9.deb and dpkg_1.4.0.19.deb packages from the hamm distribution. Anyone know want could be wrong? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect ftp error in an odd way
Hello, I have two debian systems behind an ip masqed box. One of the systems has no problem accessing the packages file at ftp.debian.org while the other system cannot find the packages file no matter what ftp server I use. These two machines were set up from the same base and are identical excluding the ip #. I'd like to work with someone that could track a ftp user so we could find out why that one particular machine cannot find the packages file... thanks! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect ftp method problem
Can't locate Time/Local.pm in @INC at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 379. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 379. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg//methods/ftp/setup line 7. query/setup script returned error exit status 2. This is what I see when I try 'access' or 'update' in dselect. Using Perl 5.004-2 from unstable... but it's been days since I made any changed... not sure what the last change I made was. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks, Thomas. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect ftp method problem (solved)
Sledgehammer approach: I downgraded perl and perl-suid to the stable versions. It works now. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 12:14:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Tommy Lakofski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: dselect ftp method problem Can't locate Time/Local.pm in @INC at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 379. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 379. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg//methods/ftp/setup line 7. query/setup script returned error exit status 2. This is what I see when I try 'access' or 'update' in dselect. Using Perl 5.004-2 from unstable... but it's been days since I made any changed... not sure what the last change I made was. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks, Thomas. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect ftp hamm
I have had no problems using dselect ftp to install files from all directories but hamm. I answer the ftp prompts in an obvious fashion and voila everything works OK. What do I do to install files from /debian/hamm/hamm /debian/hamm/contrib and /debian/hamm/non-free? That is, how do I answer the ftp prompts from dselect so that I can install the files from the above directories? I've tried various answers to the prompts with no success. It's driving me bananas. Another of life's little mysteries. Any help appreciated. Cheers, Victor -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect ftp hamm
I have had no problems using dselect ftp to install files from all
directories but hamm. I answer the ftp prompts in an obvious fashion
and voila everything works OK.
What do I do to install files from /debian/hamm/hamm
/debian/hamm/contrib and /debian/hamm/non-free? That is, how do I
answer the ftp prompts from dselect so that I can install the files from
the above directories? I've tried various answers to the prompts with
no success. It's driving me bananas. Another of life's little
mysteries.
Below is the patch you need to apply to /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install
Then, in access step of dselect, you have to choose debian/ as the top
directory, and hamm/hamm hamm/contrib hamm/non-free as the distributions.
--- /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install.orig Thu Dec 5 07:37:13 1996
+++ /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install Wed Apr 16 01:47:34 1997
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
print \nProcessing Package files...\n;
my $dist;
foreach $dist (@dists) {
+$dist =~ tr/\//_/;
my $fn = Packages.$dist;
if (-f $fn) {
print $dist...\n;
--
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Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: dselect ftp hamm
hello, Igor Grobman wrote: I have had no problems using dselect ftp to install files from all directories but hamm. I answer the ftp prompts in an obvious fashion and voila everything works OK. What do I do to install files from /debian/hamm/hamm /debian/hamm/contrib and /debian/hamm/non-free? That is, how do I answer the ftp prompts from dselect so that I can install the files from the above directories? I've tried various answers to the prompts with no success. It's driving me bananas. Another of life's little mysteries. Below is the patch you need to apply to are all install problems patched in 1.3.1? paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect ftp hamm
hello, Igor Grobman wrote: I have had no problems using dselect ftp to install files from all directories but hamm. I answer the ftp prompts in an obvious fashion and voila everything works OK. What do I do to install files from /debian/hamm/hamm /debian/hamm/contrib and /debian/hamm/non-free? That is, how do I answer the ftp prompts from dselect so that I can install the files from the above directories? I've tried various answers to the prompts with no success. It's driving me bananas. Another of life's little mysteries. Below is the patch you need to apply to are all install problems patched in 1.3.1? I don't believe this particular problem is fixed in 1.3.1 There weren't any new releases of dpkg-ftp other than those in experimental. This particular problem only affects downloading from unstable, however, and shouldn't ever cause any problems with stable. -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect ftp hamm
Igor Grobman wrote:
I have had no problems using dselect ftp to install files from all
directories but hamm. I answer the ftp prompts in an obvious fashion
and voila everything works OK.
What do I do to install files from /debian/hamm/hamm
/debian/hamm/contrib and /debian/hamm/non-free? That is, how do I
answer the ftp prompts from dselect so that I can install the files from
the above directories? I've tried various answers to the prompts with
no success. It's driving me bananas. Another of life's little
mysteries.
Below is the patch you need to apply to /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install
Then, in access step of dselect, you have to choose debian/ as the top
directory, and hamm/hamm hamm/contrib hamm/non-free as the distributions.
--- /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install.orig Thu Dec 5 07:37:13 1996
+++ /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install Wed Apr 16 01:47:34 1997
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
print \nProcessing Package files...\n;
my $dist;
foreach $dist (@dists) {
+$dist =~ tr/\//_/;
my $fn = Packages.$dist;
if (-f $fn) {
print $dist...\n;
--
Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation
Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks so much for your help. Everything worked perfectly as you described.
Victor
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errors installing with dselect/ftp
Hello again. After downloading a bunch of files in the dselect/ftp process for updating my system, I reach a point where I get the following DPKG error: [...] stable/binary-i386/doc/manpages_1.11-7.deb stable/binary-i386/doc/doc-debian_1.4-0.deb stable/binary-i386/comm/lrzsz_0.12b-1.deb Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: y Installing files... dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH. dpkg: `start-stop-daemon' not found on PATH. dpkg: `install-info' not found on PATH. dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH. dpkg: 4 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. DPKG ERROR and I can't seem to get it to work after this. I checked to see that ldconfig was in root's path: bash# echo $PATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin bash# which ldconfig /sbin/ldconfig Is there another configuration file I need to fix or something? I didn't see this problem mentioned in the Jan97 or Feb97 archives. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- Ken Gaugler N6OSK Santa Clara, California email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng The life of a Repo Man is always INTENSE...
Re: errors installing with dselect/ftp
On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. DPKG ERROR bash# echo $PATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin bash# which ldconfig /sbin/ldconfig I don't know if this will work but try cd'ing to / before starting dselect. I've had trouble with dselect finding files in the past and that seemed to fix it. Time flies like arrows, but fruit flies like bananas Perry Piplanihttp://perrypip.netservers.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netservers.com
dselect FTP error [recent 1.2 installation]
I can use dftp just fine, but when I try to use the FTP access method in dselect, I get this error: Connecting to ftp.debian.org... Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to /debian... Checking stable/binary-i386... Net::FTP: Unexpected EOF on command channel at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 163 Warning: Couldn't find a Packages file in stable/binary-i386 This may not be a problem if the directory is a symbolic link ... Does anyone know what's wrong? Thanks, Daniel -- Daniel S. Barclay Compass Design Automation, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 100, 5457 Twin Knolls Rd. Columbia, MD 21045 USA -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect ftp from behind a firewall (fwd)
[apologies if this is the second time you've seen this. I had a sendmail problem.] Thanks to all the people who replied on the list and by mail. Unfortunately the problem is that this particular firewall (ANS Interlock) requires you to login to the firewall first and then access the ftp site. Luckily I discovered that dselect uses a perl script to actually do the ftping based on the Net::FTP module. So I thought I'd just edit it to add the second login. Unfortunate, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get it to accept the second password. Oh well, that's a question for the perl groups. I think I've found a good alternative. I noticed lynx has the right kind of settings to get through the firewall. It also supports ftp URLs. So what I've done is to rewrite dselects script to go through lynx. It seems to be working but I'll test and polish it a bit more and if all goes well, i'll submit as a new access method. -- Jaldhar -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: dselect ftp from behind a firewall
The ftp option of dselect doesn't work for the machine I'm configuring at work because I am behind a firewall. With the Windows program WS-FTP I When setting up the FTP option in dselect, make sure you use passive mode. That will get you around the firewall. I installed Debian 1.2.2 on my machine 2 days ago and have been using dselect quite happily from behind a firewall. -Adam -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect ftp from behind a firewall
The ftp option of dselect doesn't work for the machine I'm configuring at work because I am behind a firewall. With the Windows program WS-FTP I can get out by ftping to the firewall and issuing a quote site real ftp address command. Is there a way to configure dselect to do the same? If not can it be requested as a future enhancement? Currently I have to ftp stuff from Windows and then ftp it to the linux box and I'd like to eliminate this annoying extra step. -- Jaldhar -- Jaldhar H. Vyas [EMAIL PROTECTED] And the men .-_|\ who hold Consolidated Braincells Inc. / \ http://www.braincells.com/jaldhar/ -) Perth-*.--._/ o- Witty quote - Dead Guy /\/\/\ _ _ ___ _ _ Amboy v McQ! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect ftp method broken
From dselect, when I select 0. [A]ccess Choose the access method to use. and then ftpInstall using ftp. I get the following errors: syntax error at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 112, near print Execution of /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup aborted due to compilation errors. query/setup script returned error exit status 2. Press RETURN to continue. I'm tracking rex, contrib, and non-free from ftp.debian.org, and because of this problem I can't change that. ii dpkg1.4.0.3Package maintenance system for Debian Linux ii dpkg-ftp1.4.6 Ftp method for dselect. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Matt Bartley N6YWI GPS: 33 49' N 117 51' W Clipper - Reach out and Tap Someone -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect ftp method broken
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Bartley) writes: From dselect, when I select 0. [A]ccess Choose the access method to use. and then ftpInstall using ftp. I get the following errors: syntax error at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 112, near print Execution of /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup aborted due to compilation errors. query/setup script returned error exit status 2. Press RETURN to continue. I'm tracking rex, contrib, and non-free from ftp.debian.org, and because of this problem I can't change that. ii dpkg1.4.0.3Package maintenance system for Debian Linux ii dpkg-ftp1.4.6 Ftp method for dselect. Yes, this is serious and already in the bug system. I plan to release a 1.4.7 for this reason tonight. Andy. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect ftp through fire-wall
First of all I'd like to thank you a lot for your advise. Unfortunately I couldn't get our firewall to let me pass through to ftp.debian.org using the parameters in dselect's ftp access. Fortunately control lies in perl scripts. I had to modify those that call FTP.pm, but then it worked like a charm. I use the original parameters to log on to our gateway. So I needed to add a 'quote site some.debian.mirror' and a logon for it. Thanks a lot to get me going, -- Martin Fehlhaber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect ftp through fire-wall
I sure hope this is not a FAQ... How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach through a fire-wall system? Alternatives? Thanx, -- Martin Fehlhaber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect ftp through fire-wall
It really depends on what firewall you are using. Where I am we are using TIS's (the maker's of the Firewall Toolkit) Gauntlet firewall, it allows for transparent access if you make the firewall the default gateway of your computer. However, if your firewall doesn't allow transparent access, then you need to do a little experiment. When we ran the Firewall Toolkit, it required you to do a three step process. 1. Ftp to the firewall 2. connect to ftp sight by typing [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. type in the needed password. This matches up well with the normal ftp method. 1. Ftp to what.sight.you.want 2. type in username 3. type in password So what might work for you is to set the ftp sight to your firewall, set the username to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or whatever ftp sight you use) and set your password as your [EMAIL PROTECTED]. It might be a little different for your firewall, but if it would take you manually three steps to get out, you should be able to automate for dselect. Hope this helps, Shaya -- Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Martin Fehlhaber wrote: I sure hope this is not a FAQ... How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach through a fire-wall system? Alternatives? Thanx, -- Martin Fehlhaber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect ftp through fire-wall
On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Martin Fehlhaber wrote: I sure hope this is not a FAQ... How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach through a fire-wall system? Alternatives? Some firewalls allow you to log in with a coded login/passwd pair so it can make the proxified connection for you transparently. Check with your firewall administrator to see if yours supports this. If so, just enter the proper information when dselect asks you for your login and passwd, and then tell it the firewall system name as the ftp server. That should do it. We don't support that functionality here, so I can't test it, but let us know if it does work. Thanx, -- Martin Fehlhaber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck! Richard G. Roberto [EMAIL PROTECTED] 201-739-2886 - whippany, nj -- *** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. ***
Re: dselect ftp through fire-wall
I sure hope this is not a FAQ... How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach through a fire-wall system? Alternatives? I don't know about dpkg-ftp, but 'dftp' can run through a firewall. The only firewall I ever tested it with was the Eagle Secure Gateway, but I suspect most function similarly. Note, however, that I haven't run than piece of the code for many months and may not be as stable as the rest of 'dftp'. Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) --- the difference between theory and practice is less in theory than in practice
Re: dselect ftp went bye bye
Joel Zimba [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is becoming a FAQ - why is this happening? after running dselect and installing a bunch of stuff. I finished install. Now I can't find the ftp option when I go back into dselect. why? Not sure (it is included in the base set but seems to get uninstalled rather easily). how do I get it back. Go to your favourite debian ftp site and look for it in project/experimental. Download it and install it with dpkg -i dpkg-ftp-1.4.2.deb. how do I ftp with dpkg, is it possible? You can only do it with dselect. Andy.
Re: dselect ftp went bye bye
This is becoming a FAQ - why is this happening? I presume that a lot of people are installing some cdrom version or the released version of Debian. The changes were in the unstable version. How many weeks to go for the next release? Erick
dselect ftp went bye bye
after running dselect and installing a bunch of stuff. I finished install. Now I can't find the ftp option when I go back into dselect. why? how do I get it back. how do I ftp with dpkg, is it possible? ? thanks, Joel
