[Mailinglist] Not able to apt-get update(security.debian.org not working ?)

[justin joseph]

this was resolved..thanks to Martin Schulze of Debian
security.

there was an http proxy.

--- justin joseph <justin_joseph007 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Am not able to access security.debian.org.  Would
> like
> to know if the debian security site is working or
> not.
> I have been trying this for 3 days now.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> debian:/home/justin# apt-get update
> Hit ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in stable/main Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in stable/main Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in stable/main Sources
> Hit ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in stable/main Release
> Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main
> Packages
>  Could not connect to security.debian.org:80
> (128.101.240.212),
> connection time d out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80]
> 57% [Connecting to security.debian.org
> (128.101.240.212)]
> debian:/home/justin# vim /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> debian:/home/justin# apt-get update
> Hit ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in stable/main Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in stable/main Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in stable/main Sources
> Hit ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in stable/main Release
> Get:1 ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/main
> Packages
> Err ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/main
> Packages
>  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open
> file.  ' [IP:
> 194.109.137.21 8 21]
> Get:2 ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/main
> Release
> Ign ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/main
> Release
> Failed to fetch
>
ftp://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/
> Packages.gz  Unable to fetch file, server said
> 'Failed
> to open file.
> ' [IP: 194 .109.137.218 21]
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> W: Couldn't stat source package list
> ftp://security.debian.org
> stable/updates/ma in Packages
>
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_bi
> nary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or
> directory)
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct
> these
> problems
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have
> been
> ignored, or old
> ones used  instead.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Justin
> 
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