On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 13:56 -0500, Nelson Last wrote: > I have a system that does not have http access, due to firewall > restrictions. I do, however, have ftp access. I apparently am able to > update aptitude with no problem, but I can never get security updates. > I always get an error about not being able to open the file: > Err ftp://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main i386 Packages > Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' [IP: > 130.89.149.226 21] [...] > And I have a proxy defined for anonymous access > (/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy): > Acquire::ftp > { > Proxy "ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian:21";;
One question - why? :-) I'm not entirely surprised that ftp.d.o isn't willing to act as a proxy for random external users, even for requests for local content. If you drop the forced proxy configuration, what happens? Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1314731741.8406.5.ca...@hathi.jungle.funky-badger.org
