Re: FTP problem when using dselect (fwd)
Yes!
This is EXACTLY what happens to me when it tries to connect to the ftp site
using dselect. At least I know now that I'm not the only one :) The only
difference is that it DIDN'T work once for me...
Regards,
Kendrick
At 09:34 AM 1/3/97 -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>Victor still can't post to the list, and I'm really swamped at the moment.
>Could someone give him a hand?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dwarf
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>Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 07:28:58 -0500
>From: Victor Torrico <vtorrico@cfw.com>
>To: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
>Subject: FTP problem when using dselect
>
>Hi Dale,
>
>Sorry to bother you but I still can't post to the list. Would you really
>be kind and post this to the list for me?
>
>Victor
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Using dselect and its ftp worked OK for one download. I tried dselect
>ftp again and was unable to log on. Has anyone had this problem and been
>able to correct it? I have tried purging and reinstalling "dpkg-ftp" and
>"libnet". The messages I received follow:
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>
>You must supply an ftp site, use of passive mode, username, password,
>path to the debian directory,list of distributions you are interested
>in and place to download the binary package files to (relative to
>/var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp).
>
>Eg: ftp site: ftp.debian.org
> passive: y
> username: anonymous
> password: root@og
> ftp dir: /debian
> distributions: stable non-free contrib
> download dir: debian
>
>Enter ftp site [ftp.debian.org]:
>
>Use passive mode [y]:
>
>Enter username [anonymous]:
>
>If you're using anonymous ftp to retrieve files, enter your email
>address for use as a password. Otherwise enter "?" and dpkg-ftp will
>prompt you each time.
>
>Enter password [root@og]:
>
>Enter debian directory [/debian/Debian-1.2-fixed]:
>
>Note: order here is important. Package files are scanned in order so
>later distributions will override earlier ones.
>
>So put stable before unstable.
>
>Enter space seperated list of distributions to get
>[admin base]:
>
>Enter directory to download binary package files to
>(relative to /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/)
>[debian]:
>
>Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C)
>
>Connecting to ftp.debian.org...
>Net::FTP: Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm
>line 405
>FTP ERROR
>
>query/setup script returned error exit status 1.
>Press RETURN to continue.
>
>
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