wget command needs your help please help!

muasif80 · 12-14-2008, 06:46 PM

I have run the following command

wget -c -d --user='User' --password='PASSWORD' 'http://URL:2082/getsqlbackup/cpback.sql.gz'

The output of the command is as follows. Please tell me how can I run this command successfully.

--17:43:06-- http://URL:2082/getsqlbackup/cpback.sql.gz
(try: 7) => `cpback.sql.gz'
Found URL in host_name_addresses_map (0x639070)
Connecting to URL|IP|:2082... Closed fd 3
failed: Connection timed out.
Releasing 0x0000000000639070 (new refcount 1).
Retrying.

Simon Bridge · 12-14-2008, 07:55 PM

The connection timed out -check ~/.wgetrc ... how long is the timeout period?

Check wget by attempting a different file on a different server.
If it works, you should probably squirt a support request at the sysadmin.

gilead · 12-14-2008, 08:24 PM

It looks like you're trying to connect to port 2082 on the web server - does your firewall allow traffic to that port? A default deny policy won't so you may have to add a rule for that port to your firewall.

muasif80 · 12-15-2008, 05:17 AM

Thanks for the reply I had put

-check ~/.wgetrc

on my shell and it says -check command is not available

For the firewall settings can you please tell me how can I check them.

I am using shared hosting service from hostmonster and they are telling me they can't help me running commands. While I requested them to just tell me if there is some restriction on running this command from their shared hosting server.

Once agains thanks for your replies.

muasif80 · 12-15-2008, 05:43 AM

Can I override firewall rules for my specific account. Is this possible on my shared hosting?

Thanks

gilead · 12-15-2008, 12:57 PM

To check the file called ~/.wgetrc you need to open it with a text editor. In the previous post "check" was not a command for the shell.

Your hoster should be able to tell you which ports they block - it should also be somewhere on their website. You can check that wget is working by trying to retrieve a different URL on port 80 of that server instead of port 2082. (I'm assuming that they also listen on port 80 for non-authenticated content).

AuroraCA · 12-15-2008, 01:40 PM

Change your port to port 80 and try. Port 2082 is a CPANEL port and may be why you cannot access it.

You may have used CPANEL to create the backup file but that port may not be available to your individual user account.

muasif80 · 12-16-2008, 03:23 PM

In fact I have to connect to port 2082 as I am trying to get backup from cpanel.

Secondly I have looked this .wgetrc file but it is not present in my ~ directory.

Thanks

Simon Bridge · 12-17-2008, 04:49 AM

Quote:

The connection timed out -check ~/.wgetrc ... how long is the timeout period?

-check ~/.wgetrc

funny.

Quote:

Secondly I have looked this .wgetrc file but it is not present in my ~ directory.

Well... creating one may help things.

cp /etc/wgetrc ~/.wgetrc
gedit ~/.wgetrc

read the comments in the file.
uncomment the parts that look useful to you.
try to understand what it is doing.

Read through:

man wget

Check your own firewall with:

iptables -L

... from you comments, I expect that it is down. But you never know.

Why don't you use the cpanel interface to download your backup?
http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cpanel/