Curl won't work on 10.04.1 LTS, but works on 9.10

celerina · 09-11-2010, 03:45 AM

Heya.

I've been using curl in a script of mine for a while on Ubuntu 9.10, without problems.
Ubuntu 9.10 got the following curl installed through apt-get:
ii curl 7.19.5-1ubuntu2 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or FTP server
ii libcurl3 7.19.5-1ubuntu2 Multi-protocol file transfer library (OpenSS
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.19.5-1ubuntu2 Multi-protocol file transfer library (GnuTLS
ii libcurl4-gnutls-dev 7.19.5-1ubuntu2 Development files and documentation for libc
ii php5-curl 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.4 CURL module for php5
ii python-pycurl 7.19.0-1 Python bindings to libcurl

My Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS got the following curl installed through apt-get

ii curl 7.19.7-1ubuntu1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or FTP server
rc gnupg-curl 1.4.10-2ubuntu1 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (
ii libcurl3 7.19.7-1ubuntu1 Multi-protocol file transfer library (OpenSS
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.19.7-1ubuntu1 Multi-protocol file transfer library (GnuTLS
ii php5-curl 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.2 CURL module for php5

The scripts are exactly the same, but it won't work on Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS.
Script is

<snip>
USERID="snip"
PASSWORD="snip"
TAKEUPLOAD="http://snip.snip"
curl -b "uid=$USERID; pass=$PASSWORD" -F "file=@$P1.snip" -F "name=$P1" -F "nfo=@$NFO" -F "usenfo=1" -F "descr= " -F "type=$P2" -H "Expect:" $TAKEUPLOAD -D "/tmp/tmp.txt"
<snip>

Error message:

curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'uid=snip; pass=snip'
<h1>Not Found</h1>
<p>Sorry pal

</p>

Obviously the "snip" is me cutting out sensitive information.

I've tested the script on both boxes within seconds apart so I know the receiving end is working, it has to be something with curl.

Anyone know?

Thanks

marozsas · 09-11-2010, 03:43 PM

I am using 10.04 LTS too with the same curl you has.
Obviously I can't download the same file you are trying to, but using another source and a similar arguments I could download a file without problems:

Code:

miguel@quadbit:~$ curl -V
curl 7.19.7 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.15
Protocols: tftp ftp telnet dict ldap ldaps http file https ftps 
Features: GSS-Negotiate IDN IPv6 Largefile NTLM SSL libz 
miguel@quadbit:~$ TAKEUPLOAD="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/curl-wont-work-on-10-04-1-lts-but-works-on-9-10-a-831519/"
miguel@quadbit:~$ USERID="marozsas"
miguel@quadbit:~$ PASSWORD="snip"
miguel@quadbit:~$ curl -b "uid=$USERID; pass=$PASSWORD"   -F "usenfo=1" -F "descr= "  -H "Expect:" $TAKEUPLOAD -D "/tmp/tmp.txt" | head
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
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so, I don't think there is something wrong with curl itself.

Try to use it in an interactive shell and try to cut unnecessary arguments where is possible.