Re: security updates using ftp

2011-08-31 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Nelson Last wrote: deb ftp://130.89.149.226/debian squeeze main deb ftp://128.31.0.36/debian-security/ squeeze/updates main Please realize that none of this is guaranteed to remain working. We might derotate servers from dns when they fall behind or provide wrong data, or

RE: security updates using ftp

2011-08-31 Thread Nelson Last
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:01:15 +0200 From: wea...@debian.org To: debian-security@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: security updates using ftp On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Nelson Last wrote: deb ftp://130.89.149.226/debian squeeze main deb ftp://128.31.0.36/debian-security/ squeeze/updates main

security updates using ftp

2011-08-30 Thread Nelson Last
Good afternoon, 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

Re: security updates using ftp

2011-08-30 Thread Adam D. Barratt
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

Re: security updates using ftp

2011-08-30 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 20:15 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: 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] [...] If you drop the forced proxy configuration, what happens? After a little

RE: security updates using ftp

2011-08-30 Thread Nelson Last
now, after implementing your suggestion. Thanks, Nelson Subject: Re: security updates using ftp From: a...@adam-barratt.org.uk To: nelson7...@hotmail.com CC: debian-security@lists.debian.org Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:27:03 +0100 On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 20:15 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote

RE: security updates using ftp

2011-08-30 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 15:06 -0500, Nelson Last wrote: Thanks for the replies. I changed the source to deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security/ squeeze/updates main with no difference, other than the error message now says: Failed to fetch

Re: security updates using ftp

2011-08-30 Thread Phibo
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:56:48 -0500 Nelson Last nelson7...@hotmail.com wrote: Good afternoon, 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

RE: security updates using ftp

2011-08-30 Thread Nelson Last
organization. Thanks to both of you! Nelson Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:38:56 +0200 From: maili...@phibo.org To: debian-security@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: security updates using ftp On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:56:48 -0500 Nelson Last nelson7...@hotmail.com wrote: Good afternoon, I