This message is marked as a forward because the list rejected my first
attempt to send it as SPAM. I don't know why, but since I know from
experience that no human list manager pays attention to this list, I
just gave up until I saw that someone else had been able to post a message.
If this gets through, I guess it means that In encountered a transient
problem that has been fixed. If it doesn't ... well, then no one will
see this.
I waited to reply in the hope that someone else, someone who could be
more directly helpful, would post an answer. My comments below may help
a little, at least.
Sandra McGrew wrote:
I'm trying to clear up at least two things...
1st. What directory is AllegroCL located in???
This sort of thing is often distro-dependent. Since yours is
(apparently, from #2) a Debian system, one way to check is by checking
against the package database. If AllegroCL is the actual file name, then
dpkg -S AllegroCL
Should work. I don't have it (AllegroCL) here on my system, so I can't
check for you, but so you see how the command works, here's a different
example:
autovcr@firefly:~$ dpkg -S MainPause.png
xine-ui: /usr/share/xine/skins/xinetic/MainPause.png
Another is to use "find", as in (do this as root if you can):
find / -name *AllegroCL*
(you can omit the wildcard *s if you know that AllegroCL is the EXACT name).
Another is to use the locate database, if your system runs it:
autovcr@firefly:~$ locate MainPause.png
/usr/share/xine/skins/xinetic/MainPause.png
2nd. Everytime this Debian computer loads or unloads a package it tries to
contact an alien server at berkley.edu... at some IP... it never can
contact it... I've successfully pinged this server at the IP it's trying
ftp to... I think that this computer does not have the correct permissions
to gain access to the ftp server at berkley.edu... if I get an account
there, how do I changed the string that this computer is sending to the
berkley.edu server to authenticate with??? where is it located???
What do you mean by "loads or unloads"? Do you mean installs or removes
(or updates) a Debian package? If so, I can't think of why the system
would try to "contact an alien server" ... unless it is the one the
system is set to use as a package repository. To see if that's it, check
the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list (assuming your system uses apt for
installs and removes).
If that is it, then the berkeley.edu server ought to be able to do
anonymous ftp. The Debian mirrors list at
http://www.debian.org/mirror/list does list "linux.csua.berkeley.edu" as
a mirror for both ftp and http access, so that might be what you are
using. If so, my desktop browers is having no trouble connecting to it
via anonymous ftp (checking directories, even downloading a package by
hand), so you might try a follow-up that says a bit more about why you
think you are having an authentication problem.
If that's not it, you really do need to tell us a bit more. After all,
how can you really expect any advice about how to get ftp access to some
unnamed computer in the berkeley.edu domain from us, or from anyone?
Instead, please try telling us:
the name &/or IP address of the host in question
how you are trying to access it (e.g., it is one of the sources used by
apt in apt-get update, apt-get ungrade, and apt-get install commands)
what actual message you are getting that indicates a problem, and
*specifically* what the message responds to (the actual apt-get, or
aptitude or whatever, command you issue)
And for your system:
the output of "uname -a"
the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list
(if you know) what version of Debian it runs (e.g., Sid, Etch, Sarge,
Woody)
Please don't paraphrase or summarize any of this ... quote the actual
commands and the actual responses (masking ONLY true secrets like
passwords).
I would apppreciate any help that you can give me...
Most sincerley,
Dan (nurse1@longviewcomm[removethis].net)
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