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Old 05-24-2004, 04:46 PM   #1
evensen
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is there something wrong with debian and apt today ?


when i do a apt-get update i get this error :

evensen:~# apt-get update
Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Sources
Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
Get:1 ftp://ftp.no.debian.org testing/main Packages
Err ftp://ftp.no.debian.org testing/main Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: Permission denied '
Get:2 ftp://ftp.no.debian.org testing/main Release
Ign ftp://ftp.no.debian.org testing/main Release
Get:3 ftp://ftp.no.debian.org testing/main Sources
Err ftp://ftp.no.debian.org testing/main Sources
Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian/dists/testing/main/source/Sources.gz: Permission denied '
Get:4 ftp://ftp.no.debian.org testing/main Release
Ign ftp://ftp.no.debian.org testing/main Release
Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/dists...86/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: Permission denied '
Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/dists...rce/Sources.gz Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian/dists/testing/main/source/Sources.gz: Permission denied '
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

And yes, I am doing this as root, any sugestions ?
 
Old 05-24-2004, 06:55 PM   #2
mritch
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looks like they didn't set permissions right. go in there with ftp a doublecheck. send 'em a mail finally.

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